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Preparing Financing Strategies for Adaptation: Emerging good practices

Amid a growing interest in the preparation of financing strategies for adaptation, new research aims to unpack what the scope of these strategies should entail, what constitutes good practices for their development, and whether these strategies are truly effective.
Deep Dive August 25, 2022

The 'spongy' cities of the future

Tangled mats of muddy vegetation line the footpaths of Underwood Park, a narrow stripe of green winding along a creek beneath the small volcanic cone of Ōwairaka (Mt Albert) in Auckland, New Zealand. In the water, clumps of sticks and the occasional plastic bag are marooned on protruding rocks and branches.
IISD in the news August 24, 2022

New report highlights ways to fill Canada's phosphorus gap amid global supply constraints

In 1669, German alchemist Hennig Brand was looking for a way to create gold when he boiled down gallons of urine and heated the smelly residue to a high temperature. The result was not the hoped-for precious metal but a pale solid that glows in the dark and burns brilliantly when exposed to air. Brand dubbed his discovery phosphorus, the Greek word for "light bearer."
IISD in the news August 24, 2022

IISD Experimental Lake Area receive major funding

The IISD Experimental Lake Area has received $11.7 million, over the next five years, from the Government of Canada through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Major Science Initiatives Fund.
IISD in the news August 23, 2022

The Current for Aug. 23, 2022

Could Canada's liquefied natural gas (LNG) be a cleaner option in weaning the world away from coal or would increasing LNG production just increase our reliance on fossil fuels? Guest host Nora Young talks to Edward Greenspon, CEO of an independent think tank called the Public Policy Forum; and Nichole Dusyk, a senior policy advisor for the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
IISD in the news August 23, 2022