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Climate groups, states back deep-sea mining moratorium

Climate groups and a number of countries are urging the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to declare a moratorium on deep-sea mining, as the ISA holds its council and assembly meetings this month.
IISD in the news July 17, 2023

Grid storage is the missing link in SA's electricity crisis

With load shedding back to stage 6, solar power with battery storage systems are again working overtime. The massive investment in solar and battery systems by the private sector over the last two years has reduced the strain on the national grid, but a new study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) says this is uncoordinated and self-funded.
IISD in the news July 14, 2023

Province funding aquaculture research

The Ontario government is providing nearly $550,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to IISD Experimental Lakes Area Inc. (IISD-ELA) for an aquaculture research project exploring the use of fish waste as fertilizer and its impact on freshwater in cultivated wild rice paddy areas. This investment will support the establishment of sustainable practices for the co-culture of fish and wild rice by Indigenous communities.
IISD in the news July 14, 2023

Ottawa set to end domestic subsidies for unabated fossil-fuel production

Fourteen years ago, Canada joined the rest of the G20 in promising to wean fossil-fuel companies off of government subsidies that encouraged wasteful consumption and undermined efforts to slow climate change. Next week, that promise is expected to finally be fulfilled.
IISD in the news July 14, 2023