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Border Carbon Adjustment Mechanisms and Impacts on Vietnam
This report consolidates, analyzes, and presents views and perspectives of stakeholders from Vietnam on border carbon adjustment (BCA) schemes to contribute to the global debate on BCA good practices.
Understanding the United Nations’ New Principles for Resourcing the Energy Transition
Greg Radford explains new principles and recommendations developed by the UN Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals and designed to advance equity and justice.
The Urgency and Complexity of Moving Beyond GDP
Efforts to explore how the portfolio of capitals that make up Comprehensive Wealth—financial capital, produced capital, natural capital, human capital, and social capital—can give policymakers insights into how their policies build wealth for their countries in the long run.
What Developing Countries Should Know About Negotiations for a New Global Agreement on E-Commerce
Rashmi Jose discusses the ongoing negotiations of a new global e-commerce agreement under the WTO, highlighting its potential impact on developing countries, the key provisions, and the flexibilities offered to assist them in implementation, while also addressing unresolved legal and participation challenges.
NAbSA Dialogues | Green Infrastructures for Urban Resilience
The fifth session of the NAbSA Dialogues series highlighted IISD’s SUNCASA (Scaling Urban Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa) Project. The discussion explored how nature-based solutions (NbS) and green infrastructure can help cities adapt to climate change, manage extreme weather, preserve biodiversity, and provide healthier living environments.
Cottagers fear time running out for containing zebra mussels in Clear Lake
Clear Lake cottage owners fear crucial time is being lost in efforts to contain invasive zebra mussels, after an underwater curtain was dislodged by the wind and waves two days after being installed. For Scott Higgins, a senior research scientist with IISD-ELA, the fact Parks Canada has not reported new discoveries of live adults or "veligers," free-floating microscopic young mussels, is good news. The bad news is that water samples contained environmental DNA, which suggests there could be some living mussels, although likely in small numbers.
Nature-based solutions on display at Stockholm World Water Week
From a polluted Seine River grabbing the spotlight during this year's Olympic Games to California's shrinking lakes offending the olfactory senses of its citizens, it seems like this week's World Water Week couldn't come soon enough, writes IISD's Dimple Roy.