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A Municipal Perspective on the Value of Natural Infrastructure

This webinar will showcase examples the cost-effectiveness of natural infrastructure from a municipal perspective. Focusing on what municipalities need—what evidence and numbers they rely on, and what tools and planning processes are required to ensure that natural infrastructure is assessed alongside traditional infrastructure for cost-effectiveness.
Webinar November 26, 2024

How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can't seem to quit

In 2022, as Japan grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic and the fallout from the Ukraine war, the government rolled out subsidies for petroleum, gas and electricity as short-term measures. As 2024 enters its home stretch, those subsidies are still being renewed or extended—putting a drag on the country's decarbonization push in the process.
IISD in the news November 24, 2024

Concern as climate talks stalls on fossil fuels pledge

The failure of UN climate negotiations to double down on a global pledge to move away from planet-heating fossil fuels on Sunday was decried by experts as a "worrying" setback to global progress on curbing warming.
IISD in the news November 24, 2024

COP 29 Outcome Moves Needle on Finance

In the last hours of negotiations, concerted pressure from the most vulnerable developing countries resulted in an improved outcome on the finance target, with a decision to set a goal of at least USD 300 billion per year by 2035 for developing countries to advance their climate action.
Statement November 23, 2024

Why Trade Matters in the Plastic–Pollution Treaty Negotiations

The global push to end plastic pollution by 2040 highlights the critical intersection of trade and environmental action, with upcoming INC-5 negotiations focusing on reducing plastic production, consumption, and waste within a fair and effective international framework.
Explainer November 22, 2024