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    Hurricane Matthew: What role for resilience building?

    Hurricane Matthew: What role for resilience building?

    As the international development community, national and local stakeholders join efforts to respond to storms, a focus on resilience building can be useful in four key ways, Read More
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    A Sliver of Light in a Controversial Nuclear Power Arbitration

    A Sliver of Light in a Controversial Nuclear Power Arbitration

    A phase-out of nuclear power has triggered a controversial legal dispute with Vattenfall, a Swedish state-owned energy company, which operated and owned two nuclear reactors. The legal proceedings have so far been highly secrete, but that is changing with a decision to open up the hearings to the public.  Read More
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    Indonesia's Financially Sustainable Electricity Sector

    Indonesia's Financially Sustainable Electricity Sector

    This paper reviews the ability of Indonesia’s electricity sector to meet the country’s need for electricity in a financially sustainable way. Read More
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    Achieving the SDGs: Can we manage the pace?

    Achieving the SDGs: Can we manage the pace?

    The suite of global agreements adopted last year mostly focused on the coming 15-year period. So the question arises—can the intergovernmental community manage the pace necessary for success in the short time frame available?  Read More
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    Ten Things You Need to Know About Electricity Subsidies in Indonesia

    Ten Things You Need to Know About Electricity Subsidies in Indonesia

    Subsidies for electricity cost Indonesia billions of dollars a year, much of that benefitting wealthy households. 

    Here's what you... Read More

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    How Canada Can Be a Global Leader on the Sustainable Development Goals

    How Canada Can Be a Global Leader on the Sustainable Development Goals

    In an opinion piece originally published in The Hill Times, Julia Sánchez (CCIC) and Scott Vaughan argue that other countries are voluntarily reporting on progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, while Canada has no clear plan. Read More
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    Making Every Drop Count: Pakistan’s growing water scarcity challenge

    Making Every Drop Count: Pakistan’s growing water scarcity challenge

    Can climate change risks spur needed action? Read More
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    Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Current status of research

    Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Current status of research

    Little is known about the gender differentiated impacts of fossil fuel subsidy reforms. This review takes stock of existing knowledge, identifies knowledge gaps and sets out plans for future research in this area. Read More
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    Bayer Tightens Control Over the World’s Food Supply

    Bayer Tightens Control Over the World’s Food Supply

    Bayer recently succeeded in a US$ 66 billion takeover bid of Monsanto—the biggest deal this year. While the public wants competitive prices, innovation and choice, these mergers block all three. Read More
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    As Wind Power Expands in China—What's Been Learned?

    As Wind Power Expands in China—What's Been Learned?

    Over the past decade, wind power has taken off in China. We explore the challenges China has faced linked this rapid growth.  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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