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    Exploring What Oil Spills Do to Fresh Water

    Exploring What Oil Spills Do to Fresh Water

    You may be surprised to learn that we actually know very little about what happens to fresh water systems when an oil spill occurs. That’s why IISD Experimental Lakes Area is planning a large project to answer those very questions. Read More
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    Digging up the Dirt on Conflict Minerals Worldwide

    Digging up the Dirt on Conflict Minerals Worldwide

    A series of recent reports has revealed a new complexity to the familiar topic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s “conflict minerals.” Clare Church explores how the trade now not only proliferates outsides of the mobile phone industry, but also outside of the country itself. Read More
  • Policy Brief
    sNAPshot: Albania’s Approach to Integrating Adaptation into Domestic Budgeting

    sNAPshot: Albania’s Approach to Integrating Adaptation into Domestic Budgeting

    Building on an earlier overview brief on domestic public finance options for NAPs, this sNAPshot takes a closer look at how Albania is integrating climate adaptation into its medium-term budget process. Read More
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    India's Energy Transition: Mapping subsidies to fossil fuels and clean energy in India

    India's Energy Transition: Mapping subsidies to fossil fuels and clean energy in India

    This report maps out the context, magnitude, trends and impacts of India’s energy subsidies. It aims to enhance transparency and dialogue on energy choices in India and to help track shifts in government support from fossil fuels to renewables. Read More
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    When Climate Leaders Protect Dirty Investments

    When Climate Leaders Protect Dirty Investments

    In 2016, global spending on oil and gas projects was more than double the total spent on renewables. That imbalance can be addressed only by restructuring the mechanisms, particularly existing trade treaties, that govern how energy investments are made and managed. Read More
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    Ending Coal: From diplomacy to implementation

    Ending Coal: From diplomacy to implementation

    We need to bring an end to coal—in a sustainable and economically inclusive way. Ivetta Gerasimchuk explains how. Read More
  • Commentary
    Is “Moonlighting” a Problem? The role of ICJ judges in ISDS

    Is “Moonlighting” a Problem? The role of ICJ judges in ISDS

    Sitting judges of the International Court of Justice have worked as arbitrators in at least 90 investor–state dispute settlement cases. This commentary presents new data and examines the implications. Read More
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    Developing Future Leaders: Meet Kali Taylor, a Global Shaper

    Developing Future Leaders: Meet Kali Taylor, a Global Shaper

    We check in with Kali Taylor, who has just been named a "Global Shaper," to learn more about the Global Shapers program and what she hopes it will bring for her, both personally and professionally. Read More
  • Briefing Note
    Tracking the SDGs in Canadian Cities: SDG 3

    Tracking the SDGs in Canadian Cities: SDG 3

    This briefing note is the second in the series Tracking the SDGs in Canadian Cities which reviews data from 14 Canadian cities found on the IISD-SDG Indicator Portal. Read More
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    Manitoba Bioeconomy Atlas

    Manitoba Bioeconomy Atlas

    The Manitoba Bioeconomy Atlas demonstrates the economic and ecological value of common wetland plants as a marketable feedstock for biomass energy—all with the goal of creating a healthier Lake Winnipeg basin and developing a Manitoba bioeconomy. Read More

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