So far this summer it’s more than apparent that global warming is hitting home like never before: raging forest fires across the country; floods in Quebec and B.C., a monster tornado tearing through central Alberta on Canada Day.
To inform the Indonesian JETP process IISD presents a summary of lessons learned from the experience of the first year of the South African JETP process.
South Africa needs to deploy battery energy storage systems to ease the current electricity crisis and reduce the need for loadshedding, says the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
This briefing aims to inform financial institutions on how to align their investments and energy decision making with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Explore the evolution of national investment laws in our comprehensive report. It analyzes 70 laws, identifies their seven main functions, and explores how they've been shaped by policy objectives and international standards. Gain insights into reforming these laws to meet today's challenges. A must-read for policy-makers in sustainable investment governance.
The European Commission has formally proposed a "coordinated and orderly" withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty.
The proposed legislation, unveiled on Friday afternoon after days of speculation, would see the European Union and its member states leave the controversial treaty at the same time, avoiding the chaos of having individual countries going their own way.
The European Union on Friday moved to pull the plug on the bloc's membership in the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) — an investor protection pact that's seen as hampering decarbonization efforts.
The SDG Lab, Cepei, and IISD hosted a virtual briefing and question/answer session on the 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).