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Promoting Gender Equality in Foreign Agricultural Investments: Lessons from voluntary sustainability standards

This report looks deeper into the successes and failures of existing global standards on agribusinesses in developing countries to determine how they can help improve the situation of rural women.

Report January 15, 2017

Tusentals miljarder i stöd till olja, kol och gas

(Swedish-language article) "Ett sådant nätverk är GSI, Global Subsidies Initiative. Laura Merrill vid GSI säger att de låga oljepriserna gör att de statliga stöden lättare kan minskas."

IISD in the news January 15, 2017

Freshwater Stewardship in Canada

Scott Vaughan explains how IISD is bridging the gap between freshwater science and policy, and how it plans to celebrate Canada's 150th Anniversary.

Insight January 14, 2017

A New Generation of Trade and Industrial Policy

IISD President-CEO Scott Vaughan presents ideas for a new generation of trade and industrial policy.

Policy Analysis January 13, 2017

Andrea Bassi

Person January 12, 2017

Video-Game Tech Digging Real Dirt for Caterpillar, Komatsu

"The industry’s drive to protect profit margins will lead to a surge in development of new machines that will peak over the next 10 to 15 years, according to a report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development."

IISD in the news January 10, 2017

Jobs and the Low-Carbon Energy Transition: Perspectives from Cumberland County

This commentary begins in Cumberland County, in Northwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, where new jobs are emerging in the renewable energy sector. It argues that the shifts underway in Cumberland County are representative of a larger transition, as job losses in the fossil fuel industry are replaced by growth in renewable energy.

Policy Analysis January 10, 2017

IISD Perspectives on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

As the Sustainable Development Goals were in the final hours of negotiation in 2015, and in the early days of implementation in 2016, IISD experts reflected on the implications for countries, the UN system, and our own programs of work. These articles, first published as a series of blog postings, are the outward expression of that thought process.

Policy Analysis January 10, 2017

Gasoline taxes fall despite promises to slow climate change-study

"Peter Wooders, Director of Energy at the International Institute for Sustainable Development think-tank in Geneva, praised the study as a step to help track energy price reforms that are often opaque."

IISD in the news January 9, 2017

A discussion of the IISD-ELA inspired play 'The Watershed'

'The Watershed', a play inspired by IISD Experimental Lakes Area, is coming to Winnipeg! Hear IISD-ELA's executive director, Matt McCandless speak with the playwright Annabel Soutar about the play and the new era of the world famous research site.

Insight January 5, 2017