Canada in the Post-2015 World (French recording)
A recording of a half-day panel to discuss the implications of the Paris Climate Change Conference and the SDGs for Canada and the international community.
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Canada in the Post-2015 World (English recording)
A recording of a half-day panel to discuss the implications of the Paris Climate Change Conference and the SDGs for Canada and the international community.
Sustainability Impacts of Chinese Outward Direct Investment: A review of the literature
This literature review study has been developed in support of the project on Promoting Sustainable Development of Chinese Enterprises for “Going Out,” in order to accelerate the pace of “going out responsibly” as well as to cultivate a group of world-class responsible multinational corporations.
International Experiences With LPG Subsidy Reform
This report investigates international experience and best practices on how to reform liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) subsidies, with a focus on countries’ efforts to ensure that energy access is not compromised by higher LPG prices.
Overseeing Agenda 2030—How to Avoid a Repeat of the Commission on Sustainable Development
The High-Level Political Forum is responsible for tracking and facilitating the implementation of Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals. Two things must happen if it is to be successful.
National Climate Framework At Centre of Federal-Provincial Meeting in Vancouver, March 3rd
“If there ever was a time this could work it would be now,” Jennifer Allan, PhD candidate and researcher with International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), said. “Canadians are mobilized and there’s more momentum for change than there’s been in the recent past, if ever.”
Leaders in Sustainable Development to be Honoured by New Maurice Strong Sustainability Award
WINNIPEG—February 5, 2016—The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is pleased to announce the creation of an international prize in honour of Maurice Strong that recognizes excellence in the pursuit of sustainable development.
TPP threatens to worsen inequality
"The release of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) last fall has unleashed a heated debate over its costs and benefits—or, to put it more crudely, its winners and losers. But that debate tends to focus narrowly on particular sectors of the economy—the auto industry and farmers, for instance, in Canada. As such it misses an appreciation of the broader impact of the 12-nation agreement, which boils down this: the TPP overwhelmingly favours one set of economic actors—current capital owners, investors and large business—over everyone else," says Howard Mann.
Webinar: Beyond SDG Indicators
This webinar will address where the need for assessment and strategic analysis in the different stages of SDG implementation may arise, how it can build on the work on indicators and statistics, and the related institutional and capacity issues.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, Part I: A deal too far
The release of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement last fall has unleashed a heated debate over its costs and benefits.