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Pourquoi déclarer plus souvent les GES aiderait le Canada à faire avancer son programme climatique

Le Canada devrait mesurer et publier des statistiques sur les émissions de gaz à effet de serre trimestriellement plutôt qu’annuellement pour les aligner sur la façon dont les indicateurs économiques sont déclarés et comme un moyen de donner plus de poids à la santé et au bien-être environnementaux, déclare un éminent économiste de l’environnement.
IISD in the news July 24, 2022

Jamaica develops gender, climate change strategy and action plan

Jamaica now has a Gender and Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (GCCSAP). The Plan’s development was guided by a national gender and climate change assessment, which provided an overview of the policy and institutional contexts for gender-responsive climate action.
IISD in the news July 23, 2022

Air Conditioning Will Not Save Us

It keeps happening. Every summer, unprecedented heat surges through cities across the United States—in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho; in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio; and in Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey. Last week, a heat wave melted records in Texas with unrelenting highs well into the 100s for days. And just when residents need it most, the electrical grid fails. Every year, hundreds die from heat-related illness in the U.S., and thousands more end up in emergency rooms from heat stress. Compared to other weather-related disasters, the emergency response to extreme heat from U.S. leaders has been minimal. As a result, many places remain unprepared. How, then, do we make our cities more resilient?
IISD in the news July 22, 2022

Switching Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Indonesia to Support a Green Recovery

This brief looks at how Indonesia can start actively promoting renewable energy by removing the existing hurdles to its deployment—such as unattractive renewable energy feed-in tariffs and land and infrastructures barriers—and switching public support from fossil fuels to renewables to meet the country’s clean energy targets.
Brief July 20, 2022

Fuel Subsidies to Marine Fisheries in India

This brief presents an overview of fuel subsidies to marine fisheries in India and highlights how possible reform could be informed by India's experience in reforming fossil fuel subsidies more broadly.
Brief July 19, 2022

Fuel Subsidies to Marine Fisheries in Indonesia

This brief presents an overview of fuel subsidies to marine fisheries in Indonesia, explains why such measures can be risky from a sustainability perspective, and highlights lessons from Indonesia's experience in reforming of fossil fuel subsidies more broadly.
Brief July 19, 2022