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Diabetes highest in poorest areas
An article on the latest indicator report from our Peg project. "Almost one in 10 Winnipeggers lives with diabetes, a disease linked to poverty and rising nearly twice as quickly in the North End compared to more affluent neighbourhoods like River Heights. The United Way and the International Institute for Sustainable Development are drawing attention to the state of diabetes in Winnipeg on World Diabetes Day today."
Almost 1 in 10 Winnipeggers has diabetes
November 14 is World Diabetes Day. How is Winnipeg doing?
The Modi Government’s war on environment
"About the need for community engagement or consultation, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), in its guide to negotiating investment contracts for farmland and water, says, “It has become clear that the relationship between the investor and the local community is of paramount importance to the chances of long-term success or failure of the project.”"
Global yearly fuel subsidies hit $600b
"GLOBAL Subsidies Initiative (GSI) said that subsidies to fossil fuels may be on the order of $600 billion yearly, of which about $100 billion is provided to producers."
Independent TEDxUManitoba event at U of M
IISD-ELA chief scientist Mike Paterson presented at the recent TEDxUManitoba. The University of Manitoba's newspaper reports on the event.
No longer with the federal government, ELA biologist Michael Rennie is finally able to speak to media
IISD-ELA biologist Mike Rennie speaks to Carol Off about the new era for the facility.
CSC Stories: Restoring the Lake Edward Fishery in Virunga National Park
A short profile of efforts by IISD and the Wildlife Conservation Society to address the impacts of conflict on the Lake Edward fishery in Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.