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Provincial oil & gas sector aid topped $2.5B in fiscal 2021: report

Canada's four major oil and gas-producing provinces put at least $2.5 billion in total towards subsidies for the fossil fuel industry in the last fiscal year, according to a new report. The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) says the subsidies undermine the federal government's goal of hitting net-zero emissions by 2050.
IISD in the news February 15, 2022

Engaging Decision-Makers in Moving Beyond GDP and Toward Wealth

This brief outlines how decision-makers can be brought into the discussion around comprehensive/inclusive wealth (C/IW). The goal of this discussion is to encourage countries to move beyond GDP and begin using C/IW as a means of assessing national progress.
Brief February 15, 2022

Report highlights inequities in Winnipeg neighbourhoods

A new 98-page report highlights some of the inequities well-known by Winnipeggers when it comes to the suburban-downtown divide. A Voluntary Local Review of Winnipeg was published recently and submitted to the United Nations by United Way Winnipeg and the International Institute for Sustainable Development. The report is one of the first of its kind In Canada — Kelowna, B.C., was the first in the country to submit the report — and shares Winnipeg’s progress towards localizing sustainable development goals or "SDGs."
IISD in the news February 12, 2022