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Winnipeggers are recycling more, using less water, and producing less greenhouse gas, says new report

Winnipeggers reduced the per capita amount of waste sent to local landfills over a 15-year period—using recycling, composting and other programs to more than triple diverted waste. Winnipeggers also used 50 per cent less water and produced fewer greenhouse gas emissions over the same period.

Press release May 31, 2017

Costs of Pollution in Canada: Measuring the impacts on families, businesses and governments

Pollution costs Canadian families, businesses and governments a startling amount every year. These costs add up to tens of billions of dollars at least. These are our findings from a new report on the cost of pollution in Canada.

Report May 31, 2017

How to Improve Gender Equality in Agriculture: Investment in Agriculture Policy Brief #5

In this policy brief, we explore how global standards and guidelines contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment, and whether more can be done through these instruments to improve the situation of women in agriculture.

Brief May 31, 2017

Financial Supports for Coal and Renewables in Indonesia

This report shows that the “true cost” of coal, including subsidies and externalities such as GHG emissions and air pollution, is considerably greater than the cost of renewable energy in Indonesia.

Report May 30, 2017

How to Respond When Prices Go Up: Objectives and options for fuel price adjustments in Indonesia

There are options to strengthen the fuel pricing mechanism in Indonesia. This policy brief highlights some options, including price smoothing, ratcheting and installation of price floors and caps, closing with recommendations.

Brief May 30, 2017

Renegotiation of NAFTA: An opportunity for sustainable development / La renegociación del TLCAN: una oportunidad para el desarrollo sostenible

Isabel Studer, Executive Director for Mexico and Northern Central America, The Nature Conservancy gives us her take (in Spanish and English) on the NAFTA negotiations and their impact on sustainable development.

Policy Analysis May 30, 2017

NAFTA Renegotiations Offer Chance to Fix its Mistakes on Trade and the Environment

Geoff Garver, adjunct professor in interdisicplinary studies on environment and sustainability at McGill University and Concordia University, gives us his view on the need to fix the environmental provisions in NAFTA.

Policy Analysis May 30, 2017

Civil war in the oilpatch

"Amin Asadollahi, climate change mitigation lead for North America at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, said any fossil fuel firm that opposes climate policies at this point in time is hedging their bets."

IISD in the news May 25, 2017

Kerosene to Solar Swap Policy Brief 1: Kerosene Subsidies in India: The status quo, challenges and the emerging path to reform

This policy brief examines the current system of kerosene subsidies in India, looking at key issues and the impact subsidies have on the distribution of clean, off-grid solar lighting solutions.

Brief May 24, 2017

IISD Board Member Lloyd Axworthy Honoured with Canada's Pearson Peace Medal

IISD is very pleased to announce that its board member Lloyd Axworthy was honoured with the 30th Pearson Peace Medal on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.

Press release May 24, 2017