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IISD at the WTO Public Forum 2023

IISD will be taking part in various sessions at the WTO’s Public Forum, an annual event that brings together the international trade community to discuss new and emerging trends, including how trade and trade policy can enable a sustainable, inclusive recovery.
Conference September 12, 2023

New Report Finds Carbon Capture And Storage Far Too Expensive

A new report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development found carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to be very expensive in Canada. According to the report, which focuses on carbon capture in the context of Canada's oil and gas industry, the climate solution’s persistently high costs are rooted in the "high design complexity and the need for customization."
IISD in the news September 11, 2023

G20 Summit Agreement Fails To Strengthen Coal Phase-Down Even As Data Show High Per Capita Coal Emissions

As world leaders gather in New Delhi for the Group of 20 (G20) Summit–with 19 member countries and the European Union–data show that a majority of the group still has very high per capita coal power emissions. At the summit, countries agreed to "pursue further efforts" to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees celsius, agreeing to "encourage efforts to triple renewable energy capacity globally" but the G20 New Delhi Leaders Declaration included no new commitment on phasedown of coal power or on phasing down all fossil fuels.
IISD in the news September 10, 2023

Lake lessons from East Africa

On a sweaty Friday afternoon, a few hours delayed, and with one suitcase fewer than when I set off, I finally landed down in the 'Peg after a 20-hour journey from my homeland of Kenya. For years, I had been aching to visit the province of 100,000 lakes. While, lamentably, I won’t be able to visit them all on this trip, seeing Lake Winnipeg in person was an unbridled delight, as was jumping in an SUV and heading over to another famed freshwater must-see of the region—the IISD Experimental Lakes Area.
IISD in the news September 8, 2023