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UN Plastics Treaty: After rocky start, 170 nations agree to draw up draft agreement

Last week's crunch talks were on the 'brink of chaos', but on Friday 170 nations agreed to draw up an initial first draft of a global plastic pollution treaty by November.

IISD in the news June 5, 2023

EU implements carbon border adjustment policy

The European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is the beginning of new policies surrounding the global fight against climate change. The International Institute for Sustainable Development, an independent award-winning think tank, states that this policy development is an attempt to tackle emissions-intensive, heavily traded sectors through carbon pricing.

IISD in the news June 5, 2023

Leveraging the National Adaptation Plan Process for Adaptation Communications

This report explores countries' experiences leveraging the outputs and results of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process to develop Adaptation Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Report June 5, 2023

Innovative Financial Instruments and Their Potential to Finance Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries

This report explores the range of innovative financial instruments that could be used to scale up financing for adaptation and lessons for their use in developing countries.

Report June 5, 2023

Decentralized Solar Plants Can Boost Farmer Incomes and Help India Meet its Climate Targets

This new guidebook provides practical solutions for state governments to unlock and speed up the rollout of the PM-KUSUM scheme in India.

Press release June 4, 2023

New global chemicals, waste framework to include textiles: IISD

Textiles will come under a new global framework for the sustainable management of chemicals and waste that will be decided at the fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) in Bonn in September this year.

IISD in the news June 4, 2023

Factor Gender into Transportation Planning, IISD Analyst Urges Policy-Makers

Cost-benefit decisions on new transportation infrastructure that are gender-blind create a cost for women and the societies they live in, says an analyst with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).

IISD in the news June 4, 2023

Five Ways the Global Goal on Adaptation can Help Build a Global Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning System for Adaptation by COP 28

With the 58th meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Bodies (SBs) due to kick off in Bonn, Germany, on June 5, one of the key issues to watch in the realm of climate change adaptation are the talks on the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA).

Insight June 2, 2023

Landmark Agreement Curbing Harmful Fisheries Subsidies Awaits Ratification A Year After Adoption

This month marks the first anniversary of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) historic Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. The treaty, adopted at the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference, established the first global, legally binding framework that limits subsidies for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and fishing of overfished stocks, as well as subsidies to vessels fishing on the unregulated high seas. The agreement also calls for countries to exercise “due restraint” in providing subsidies to vessels that do not fly their country’s flag or those that fish stocks with unknown status.

IISD in the news June 2, 2023

Decentralized Solar Power Plants Can Be Win-Win Strategy For Farmers, Local Communities, State Governments And DISCOMs

The implementation of decentralized solar plants under the government’s Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) program can boost farmer incomes, help India reach 50% of non-fossil power capacity by 2030, and improve the financial viability of distribution companies (DISCOMs), according to a new report launched today.

IISD in the news June 2, 2023