This bulletin outlines the key legal and policy issues associated with investor–state memorandums of understanding and how they can be used to govern and promote responsible investment in agriculture.
It has now been over one decade since the "The Future We Want" outcome was adopted at the Rio+20 conference. Join us to explore how the 2012 outcome laid the foundations for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and what it means ahead of this year's upcoming SDG Summit.
Un changement majeur dans la politique de gestion de l’eau au niveau national est accueilli avec un optimisme prudent par les responsables de la gestion de l’eau. L’inauguration de la nouvelle Agence canadienne de l’eau (ACE), dont le siège social sera à Winnipeg, a été révélée lors de la publication du budget fédéral la semaine dernière. Le budget 2023-2024 propose de fournir 85,1 millions de dollars sur cinq ans, avec 21 millions de dollars par la suite pour soutenir la création de l’agence.
A new initiative will use nature-based solutions to support local communities in adapting to climate change while safeguarding critical ecosystems in and around protected areas.
Fair and inclusive tax systems are essential in enhancing developing countries’ efforts to strengthen their financial and fiscal policies and accelerating the green transition, the Economic and Social Council heard today, as members held the 2023 Special Meeting on International Cooperation in Tax Matters.
Cyanobacterial blooms in aquatic environments have impacted ecosystem health, altered food webs and contributed to substantial regional economic losses. The relative impacts of climate change, eutrophication and other environmental stressors on the formation of cyanobacterial blooms remain unclear as a consequence of the lack of long-term data. The analysis of lake sediment archives can help address such questions.
Across the wide bay, past wooden fishing boats, a large column of smoke rises against a backdrop of tree-covered mountains as it has done 24 hours a day for the best part of a decade. In another decade or so, the flames that produce that endless plume at the coal-fired power plant in the small fishing port of Pelabuhan Ratu in western Indonesia will finally be extinguished.
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is pleased to announce that, as of April 1, 2023, Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder and Martha Casey will begin serving as Interim Co-Presidents and Co-CEOs.
This report aims to give a stocktake of the Joint Statement Initiative on e-commerce as of December 2022 while focusing on dynamics and developments throughout the year and considering recent trends in the e-commerce policy activity and governance landscape at the national, regional, and multilateral levels.