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    Five Steps We Must Take to Protect Refugees in the Future

    Five Steps We Must Take to Protect Refugees in the Future

    This year, a new reality, based on a new international paradigm regarding refugees futures, must emerge. Here are five steps that need to be set in motion to make this happen. Read More
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    Moving Towards Sustainable Performance-Based Procurement in the Western Cape

    Moving Towards Sustainable Performance-Based Procurement in the Western Cape

    Read this report to discover how public procurement is no longer a back-office function anymore, but a crucial pillar for delivering government services, and a strategic one for tackling climate change.  Read More
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    Electricity Sector Reform in Uttar Pradesh: Analysis of tariff adjustments and the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana Plan (UDAY)

    Electricity Sector Reform in Uttar Pradesh: Analysis of tariff adjustments and the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana Plan (UDAY)

    This study by IISD-Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) examines the electricity sector of the state of Uttar Pradesh by analyzing tariff adjustments and the financial assistance scheme UDAY. Read More
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    The Social and Environmental Benefits of Manitoba's Community Pastures

    The Social and Environmental Benefits of Manitoba's Community Pastures

    A total economic value analysis of Manitoba's community pastures, demonstrating the private and public benefits of sustainable grazing management. Read More
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    Manitoba's Biomass Fuel: Protecting our environment and saving us money

    Manitoba's Biomass Fuel: Protecting our environment and saving us money

    Biomass is a viable, abundant and environmentally sound source of renewable energy in Manitoba. This is what we need to do to make it a major renewable energy player in the province. Read More
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    Innovation in Mining: Report to the 2018 International Mines Ministers Summit

    Innovation in Mining: Report to the 2018 International Mines Ministers Summit

    This report highlights the pressing need for innovation in the mining sector, as productivity has decreased by 30 per cent, commodity price fluctuations are squeezing profit margins and costs continue to rise. Read More
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    Is it Adaptation or Development? Revisiting the continuum 10 years later

    Is it Adaptation or Development? Revisiting the continuum 10 years later

    In 2007, Anne Hammill and Heather McGray developed "the adaptation continuum" to tackle the question: "Is it Adaptation or Development?" Their intention was to provide a framework that proposed a range of what adaptation could look like. Read about what they found 10 years later. Read More
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    Why We Should Foster Economic Independence for Women in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining

    Why We Should Foster Economic Independence for Women in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining

    How can the Artisanal and Small-scale Mining sector support female miners and ultimately foster their economic independence? Read More
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    Connecting the Dots: Natural resources, women and peace

    Connecting the Dots: Natural resources, women and peace

    To celebrate International Women’s Day, we spoke with Silja Halle of UN Environment to discuss the opportunities presented by environment and natural resources to strengthen women’s participation in peace processes. Read More
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    How Clean Innovation Is Benefitting the Mining Sector

    How Clean Innovation Is Benefitting the Mining Sector

    Did you know mining companies are getting innovative to help benefit their business and the communities in which they operate? Renewable energies - such as solar, wind and geothermal - represent a significant opportunity for clean innovation for the mining sector. Read More

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IISD publishes objective, independent, high-quality research including books, reports, working papers and other materials covering all sustainable development themes. 

The IISD Library includes reports, issue briefs, books, working papers and other materials capturing much of IISD's institutional and research history.

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