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G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production: Italy
The State and Fate of Tropical Rainforests
Study Reveals Failure to Achieve U.N. Environmental Sustainability Goal
"A recently released report from the International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD) highlights the fundamental and inextricable links between healthy, diverse ecosystems and socioeconomic health and development."
Energy prices low on FDI radar
"The study, done by the International Institute for Sustainable Development to determine the position of foreign direct investors on energy pricing and supply in Vietnam, suggests that the Vietnamese Government can be more ambitious in raising power prices for large industrial consumers."
New report offers comprehensive overview of progress on environment Millennium Development Goal
Time to seize the sustainable future
Simon Zadek argues that now is the time to seize the sustainable future in an opinion piece for The Japan Times.
Calls grow for full fossil fuel reckoning
"Kieran Clarke of the International Institute for Sustainable Development says that drawing attention to the social costs of what can appear to be a cheap option for power generation, such as coal, can have a bigger impact on policy than focusing on environmental damage.
"I think that governments are quite rational about this," he told DW. He cited the example of China, where he says the government may not be highly motivated to prevent climate change - but is turning toward renewable power over coal to combat the ongoing problem of air pollution."