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NAbSA Dialogues | Green Infrastructures for Urban Resilience

The fifth session of the NAbSA Dialogues series highlighted IISD’s SUNCASA (Scaling Urban Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa) Project. The discussion explored how nature-based solutions (NbS) and green infrastructure can help cities adapt to climate change, manage extreme weather, preserve biodiversity, and provide healthier living environments.
Webinar September 5, 2024

Cottagers fear time running out for containing zebra mussels in Clear Lake

Clear Lake cottage owners fear crucial time is being lost in efforts to contain invasive zebra mussels, after an underwater curtain was dislodged by the wind and waves two days after being installed. For Scott Higgins, a senior research scientist with IISD-ELA, the fact Parks Canada has not reported new discoveries of live adults or "veligers," free-floating microscopic young mussels, is good news. The bad news is that water samples contained environmental DNA, which suggests there could be some living mussels, although likely in small numbers.
IISD in the news September 4, 2024

Nature-based solutions on display at Stockholm World Water Week

From a polluted Seine River grabbing the spotlight during this year's Olympic Games to California's shrinking lakes offending the olfactory senses of its citizens, it seems like this week's World Water Week couldn't come soon enough, writes IISD's Dimple Roy.
IISD in the news August 30, 2024

Manitoba establishing nutrient targets to protect lakes and rivers

The Manitoba government announced this week that it's establishing nutrient targets to protect Manitoba's lakes and rivers for future generations. "The average loading rates for phosphorus is about five thousand tonnes per year what we’ve seen. The province has set a target of 2,800 tonnes per year, so this is an aggressive target that we have seen," says IISD's Richard Grosshans.
IISD in the news August 30, 2024

Planning for the Future

A guide to help increase climate resilience at a watershed scale in Manitoba's integrated watershed management plans (IWMP).
Guide August 30, 2024

Canada slowing flow of money into foreign fossil fuels, but lags on renewables

Canada is among the countries leading the world in winding down international public financing of the oil, gas and coal industries, according to a report led by IISD. But it is failing to channel funding into clean energy projects abroad—and showing itself slow to eliminate backing for fossil fuel production at home.
IISD in the news August 29, 2024

CETP countries cut fossil finance, but clean energy funding gaps persist

At the COP26 summit in 2021, 39 countries and public finance institutions pledged to end their financing of fossil fuels. A year after the deadline, the signatories appear to have made substantial progress in reducing their funding for oil and gas, according to a new report by IISD.
IISD in the news August 29, 2024