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Winnipeg Forum to Determine How Canada Should Advance Natural Infrastructure
Experts from across the nation are meeting in Winnipeg at Canada’s first-ever Natural Infrastructure Forum.
New Horizons for IISD President and CEO, Scott Vaughan
Scott Vaughan will be leaving the organization to become the new International Chief Advisor of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) in 2019.
Foundations of Canada's Prosperity Showing Cracks: Study
Canadians worried about children’s futures deserve reporting beyond GDP.
IISD Welcomes ICJ Judges’ Decision to no Longer Participate in Investor–State Arbitration
The ICJ has reasserted its role as the highest authority on public international law by adopting new rules to ensure its independence and serve as a public judicial institution, resisting the privatization of justice through the members of the court acting as highly remunerated arbitrators.
Statement on the Introduction of Canadian Carbon Taxes
We applaud the Canadian government for delivering on this critical piece of its climate action plan.
New Report Tracks Agricultural Progress and How Successful Policies Can Be Replicated
A first-of-its kind analytical framework tracks agricultural performance of 117 countries over 45 years to understand what empowered progress.
Damage and Costs Caused by Flooding in Manitoba Could Be Reduced by Investing in Natural Infrastructure
The damage caused by the frequent flooding that Manitoba endures annually could be significantly mitigated if more were invested to maintain its natural infrastructure, such as wetlands and riverbeds.
Government handouts to fossil fuel industry undermine climate solutions
Federal government uses hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to support the fossil fuel industry, keeps true cost of subsidies hidden from Canadians
Dr. Michael Paterson, Gail Asper and Family to Match $1,000,000 of Donations to IISD Experimental Lakes Area
Dr. Michael Paterson, Gail Asper and family have just announced that they will match, dollar-for-dollar, $1,000,000 of donations to IISD Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA)—the world’s freshwater laboratory—in northwestern Ontario.
Toxic soil cleanup too expensive for governments
New financial tools and sources must be harnessed to fund soil restoration and remediation projects to improve communities’ health, according to a new series of reports from a coalition of researchers from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the Norwegian Institute of Water Research and the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning (CAEP).