Upcoming Events
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February 27, 2020
Fisheries Subsidies: New Data on Notifications and Fishing Patterns
This informal dialogue will give WTO Members the opportunity to discuss two important new sources of data to help inform negotiations on fisheries subsidies at the WTO
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February 27, 2020
Webinar: Enabling Voices, Demanding Rights: Enhancing community and women's participation in decision-making processes in land investment
This webinar presented the joint IISD-Oxfam guide, Enabling Voices, Demanding Rights: A Guide to Gender-Sensitive Community Engagement in Large-Scale Land-Based Investment, looking at how this tool can be adapted and applied, as well as how it can help to engage all communities.
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February 26, 2020
Progressing National SDGs Implementation Report Webinars
The study provides an independent analysis of reports given by UN Member States to the 2019 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
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February 19-21, 2020
IISD at Adaptation Canada 2020
Adaptation experts from different sectors, disciplines and regions of Canada will meet in Vancouver, British Columbia, for Adaptation Canada 2020. This national conference on climate change adaptation will take place from February 19 to 21, fostering debate on how Canada should face the critical challenges brought by the rise in global temperatures, as well as how the country is adapting to the
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February 11, 2020
IISD at Workshop to Advance the APEC Environmental Services Agenda: Enhancing APEC Economies’ Understanding of Environmental Services
IISD Senior Fellow Ron Steenblik recently presented at the "Workshop to Advance the APEC Environmental Services Agenda: Enhancing APEC Economies’ Understanding of Environmental Services", focusing on the contribution of services to tackling environmental problems. The event, held on February 11, 2020, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, was organised by the Government of New Zealand under the auspices of
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February 3, 2020
Fisheries Subsidies: Identifying Technical Assistance for Implementation
This informal dialogue will provide developing WTO Member negotiators, international agencies and civil society actors with an opportunity to discuss the possibilities for support to implementation of an agreement on fisheries subsidies.
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January 30, 2020
Special Event on Health & Climate Change
Special Event on Health & Climate Change co-organized by the IISD Global Subsidies Initiative and the World Health Organization.
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January 29, 2020
Geneva Seminar: Joint Statement Initiative on Electronic Commerce
This seminar, held on Wednesday January 29, 2020, focused on the Joint Statement Initiative on Electronic Commerce. It presented the history and developments in the exploratory talks and subsequent negotiations on electronic commerce among a group of WTO Members, a process that was launched at the organization’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2017.
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January 28, 2020
Geneva Seminar: Joint Statement Initiative on Investment Facilitation
This seminar, held on Tuesday January 28, 2020, focused on the Joint Statement Initiative on Investment Facilitation, launched by a group of 70 WTO Members at the organization’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2017.
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January 28, 2020
Behavioral Insights for Climate Action
How can understanding human behavior speed meaningful climate action?The Geneva Science-Policy Interface, the SDG Lab and the Université de Genève are pleased to invite you to the next Behavioral Insight event featuring the launch of a new GSPI Policy Brief on Behavioral Insights for Climate Action, authored by Professor Tobias Brosch from the University of Geneva.ProgrammeWelcome -
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