At IISD, we’ve been working for more than three decades to create a world where people and the planet thrive. As the climate crisis unfolds on our doorsteps and irreversible tipping points loom, our team has been focused more than ever on impact.
It's often stated that Canada's abundant oil and gas reserves provide energy security. Yet recent geopolitical turmoil–such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine–has tested this notion, causing oil and gas prices to surge, fuelling inflation and making Canadians' lives more costly. Increasingly, especially given climate change's existential threat, it's apparent Canada's energy-security future involves moving beyond oil and gas.
The adoption of nature-based solutions for adaptation against climate change is seen as one of the steps to enhancing sustainability and food security. World Wildlife Fund Zimbabwe has come up with a Climate Adaptation and Protected Areas initiative where it is working with Binga and Hwange Rural District Councils, government departments, traditional leaders and local communities to promote natural solutions to strengthening climate resilience and protecting biodiversity.
This webinar explores the challenges of Prairie municipalities as they struggle with capacity limitations in resilient infrastructure, as well as the efforts of Canadian organizations to help address the lack of capacity.
The IISD Model Contract Clauses for Responsible Investment in Agriculture offer agricultural investment negotiators, state lawyers, and policy-makers a series of user-friendly, customizable contract provisions to help them design responsible and effective agricultural investment contracts. Such contracts help supplement gaps in domestic laws, not replace them, to get food systems back on track.
The World Bank has granted South Africa a $1bn Development Policy Loan to help the nation transition to low-carbon energy and promote long-term energy security.