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Prescribing the Right Medicine for India's Troubled Coal Sector
Instead of further subsidizing struggling coal infrastructure, India can begin to reallocate limited public funds to ensure a fair transition for workers and communities. Read More -
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In Search of Just Transition: Examples From Around the World
What is a just transition? Essentially, it’s a balancing act. Read More -
Briefing Note
Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development: Overview Brief 2 Getting Started on Alignment
The brief explores how the different agendas and policy processes relate to each other and to a country’s national development planning processes. It describes the enabling factors for alignment and discusses how alignment objectives can be defined. Read More -
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What’s the Future of Sustainable Development Planning and the 2030 Agenda in Canada?
Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, countries like Canada have been developing their SDG implementation strategies and looking for linkages. Read More -
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How Can Public Procurement in Canada’s Trade Agreements Contribute to Sustainable Development?
Imagine this: A municipality pledges to make all of its buildings carbon-neutral by 2050.
To do so, it needs to invest in renovations... Read More
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WTO Debate on Future of “Differentiation” Highlights Challenges in Upcoming Negotiating Agenda
In March 2019, Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump announced Brazil will stop asking for certain types of treatment accorded to developing countries at the World Trade Organization. Read More -
Report
Sustainability and Second Life: The case for cobalt and lithium recycling
Adopting recycling in the mining sector and in supply chains is essential to ensure the transition to a low-carbon economy is responsible and sustainable for the longer term. Read More -
Briefing Note
India's Energy Transition: Stranded coal power assets, workers and energy subsidies
What is driving stressed coal power assets in India, and how do we ensure workers, not assets, are the focus of government interventions in the future? Read More -
Report
Emission Omissions: Carbon accounting gaps in the built environment
Life-cycle assessment (LCA) studies are the best tool we have to measure the carbon footprints of building products at each phase of their lifespan, but they have some flaws. Read More -
Briefing Note
Conducting Gender Analysis to Inform National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: Reflections from six African countries
This briefing note describes the rationale and approach that we have taken in supporting NAP-focused gender analyses in six African countries (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guinea-Conakry, Madagascar and Togo). Read More