This edition features analysis on topics ranging from efforts to enhance inclusivity in trade policy to updates on key trade and environmental initiatives.
Public procurement provides a key entry point for governments to change the trajectory of their greenhouse gas emissions and to meet climate goals in line with their international commitments to the Paris Agreement.
UMSU's annual series of sustainability initiatives will be held March 1 through March 10 and will focus on the theme of greenwashing, the process through which an organization misrepresents itself or its products as environmentally sustainable. The events — dubbed sustainability season — will promote environmental sustainability and feature David Suzuki as the keynote speaker.
Climate change is a catastrophic reality in Benin, directly affecting people’s lives with major floods, long periods of drought, sea-level rise, and water contamination. Premiering virtually, "On the Road to Resilience in Benin" takes a tour of the local consequences of climate change and presents the country’s NAP process.
Cities the world over are competing fiercely for green capital flows, touting benefits from listing incentives to carbon markets. The effectiveness of such efforts are unclear, but in any case there may be enough business to go around.
In crafting the UN's Paris Agreement on climate change, world leaders say the energy transition must be a just one, meaning it should be fair and inclusive. What does this mean in practice?
Promising climate pledges were announced at COP 26 last November, but new IISD analysis indicates that progress could be undermined by the Energy Charter Treaty.
IISD and the FAO will co-present a Policy Brief on Linkage of Tenure Rights to Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI) and Food Security during the National Land Conference in Liberia on March 1–3, 2022.
Indonesia should quadruple its annual investment target for new and renewable energy to over USD 8 billion by 2025, according to a new brief by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
As the resumed Fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) gets underway, what can we learn about its role as a coordinator and catalyst for international environmental action?