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Canada is sitting on 12 'carbon bombs.' Here's where they are

Just under the surface of B.C. and Alberta, in a rock formation known as the Montney Play, lies enough potential greenhouse gases to blow past Canada's 2030 emissions targets 30 times over. It's one of 12 fossil fuel reserves researchers in the journal Energy Policy have identified in Canada — called "carbon bombs" — that would each release a billion tonnes or more of carbon into the atmosphere if their resources were extracted and burned. This would be catastrophic for the world's efforts to slow rising global temperatures, the authors argue.
IISD in the news March 16, 2023

Ouvrir la voie à l’investissement responsable (in French)

La Suisse s’engage en faveur de l’application des Principes pour un investissement responsable dans l’agriculture et les systèmes alimentaires approuvés en 2014 par le Comité de la sécurité alimentaire mondiale des Nations Unies. Le chemin reste toutefois long jusqu’à une mise en œuvre complète.
IISD in the news March 15, 2023

Implementation of a Just Energy Transition in Indonesia

This webinar will offer expert insights on Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition Partnership priorities and how policies and financial mechanisms developed through this process can help to achieve Indonesia’s net-zero target by 2060.
Webinar March 14, 2023

Lithium reserves: could new discoveries reverse global shortage?

Lithium is a key component of EV batteries. A global supply shortage may be reversed into a surplus for 2023, Bank of America predicts, as two major reserves of the metal were recently discovered. The first one, possibly the world's second largest, was found in Iran, creating a set of geopolitical implications. The second one was found in India, but mining the resource comes at a major environmental cost. Meanwhile, South America also plans to expand its lithium mining and EV batteries manufacturing capabilities.
IISD in the news March 14, 2023

Extreme poverty worldwide could be eradicated by 2050, report says

A new paper is predicting that extreme poverty worldwide could end by 2050. The paper, titled Scenarios for Future Global Growth to 2050, is from the Centre for Global Development. It projects there could be fewer people living in poverty by 2050 than ever in history.
IISD in the news March 13, 2023

India's newly-found lithium reserves carry an environmental cost

The discovery of vast lithium deposits in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir, hailed as a win for the country’s clean energy transition, comes at a price for communities in the Himalayan region, say villagers and environmental scientists.
IISD in the news March 10, 2023

In the middle of war, Ukraine is building a wind farm

Towering wind turbines don't immediately stand out as unusual on a continent where such machines are becoming part of the landscape. But these were built on sites peppered with bomb shelters, and under the wail of air raid sirens.
IISD in the news March 10, 2023