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Building Global Governance for 'Climate Refugees'

IISD President-CEO Scott Vaughan and IISD Board Member Lloyd Axworthy, along with several representatives from various environmental NGOs, contributed to this G20 Insights policy brief on recognizing that forced displacement due to climate change is increasing.

Brief May 23, 2017

G20 must support good jobs in the low carbon transition

Donald Trump’s unrealistic promise to put coal miners back to work shows why we need a positive strategy to create green jobs.

Insight May 23, 2017

IGF Mining Policy Framework Assessment: Suriname

An assessment of Suriname’s readiness and capacity to implement the Mining Policy Framework (MPF) of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF).

Report May 22, 2017

With more questions than answers, single terminal proposal at KCI flies into headwinds

"An unsolicited proposal is no reason to abandon competitive processes, said Laura Turley, an associate with the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Competitive bidding on public projects is essential to discovering the right price."

IISD in the news May 21, 2017

Standards: An Opportunity for Biodiversity Protection

Voluntary sustainability standards have a strong potential for supporting efforts to protect biological diversity. But policy makers to become watchdogs and regulators if this potential is to be realized.

Insight May 19, 2017

New toolkit to help govts manage small-scale mining sector

"Governments struggling to manage the complex and sometimes chaotic artisanal and small-scale mining sector have a new toolkit, which was developed by the Intergovernmental Forums on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF)."

IISD in the news May 19, 2017

The End of Coal Mining in South Wales: Lessons learned from industrial transformation

The decline of coal mining in South Wales has important lessons for policy-makers and civil society grappling with the challenges of transition—what can be learned from this experience?

Report May 18, 2017

Avet Khachatryan

Person May 16, 2017

Yuliia Oharenko

Person May 16, 2017

Scaling Up Green Energy Finance Swapping Fossil Fuel Subsidies for Sustainable Energy Solutions

This video by IISD Reporting Services provides an overview of the Bonn side event hosted by GSI, "Scaling Up Green Energy Finance: Swapping Fossil Fuel Subsidies for Sustainable Energy Solutions.". The event focused on how governments can scale up investments in green energy by “making the switch” from fossil fuel subsidies to sustainable energy subsidies.

Insight May 16, 2017