IISD In The News
IISD's research, experts and publications are regularly featured by press outlets and on multimedia platforms around the world.
The list below is a selection of recent mentions. Click Here for other media-related content.
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ICJ reviews practice of judges sitting as arbitrators
Thomson Reuters Practical Law - October 30, 2018 The President of the International Court of Justice has announced that members of the court have decided that they will not accept appointments as arbitrators in international arbitration proceedings.
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Lake Winnipeg Foundation: Manitobans Want Action on Sewage Treatment
Water Canada - October 19, 2018 A survey shows that nearly two-thirds of Manitoba adults (65 per cent) agree that upgrading Winnipeg’s north end sewage treatment plant should be “a very urgent priority.”
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What the UN panel's special climate change report means for Canada
National Observer - October 17, 2018 In the wake of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), this article looks at how Canada already is, and increasingly will be, affected by global warming and climate change.
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Data project to support smallholder farmers with goal of ending hunger
Cornell Chronicle - October 17, 2018 How can donors best invest their money to support the world’s poorest farmers to improve productivity, support their families and end hunger across the globe by 2030? This is the question driving Ceres2030, an initiative launched at the annual meeting of the Committee on World Food Security.
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Report shows Nigeria can eradicate poverty with agriculture
The Guardian (Nigeria) - October 15, 2018 A new research by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has indicated that Nigeria meet the criteria needed for food security, employment generation and wealth multiplication through agriculture.
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Les routes d'hiver dans le Nord menacées par les changements climatiques
Radio Canada - October 12, 2018 Pour la majorité des Canadiens, l'arrivée du froid et de la neige est synonyme de précautions à prendre sur les routes. Mais pour ceux qui vivent dans les régions nordiques reculées, c'est le signe qu'ils retrouveront bientôt les routes d'hiver. Or, le réchauffement climatique menace le seul lien terrestre de dizaines de communautés avec le reste du pays.
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New study tracks agricultural progress and how successful guidelines can be replicated
African Farming and Food Processing - October 11, 2018 New research by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the International Institute for Sustainable Development shows how countries transformed their agriculture, with implications for the 10 states that are still at the subsistence level.
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How clean energy demand could fuel conflict in Congo
CBS (USA) - October 09, 2018 If the clean-energy boom isn't managed carefully, it could fuel mineral conflicts in developing countries. That's according to a recent report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, which urges governments and corporations to source minerals responsibly to avoid "grievances, tensions and conflict."
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New trade deal ‘weak’ on the environment: experts
Toronto Star (Canada) - October 09, 2018 Critics on both sides of the border dive into Canada’s new trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico.
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The path for pipelines: How B.C. is embracing one, fighting another
Globe & Mail (Canada) - October 05, 2018 The Globe and Mail looks at LNG Canada and the Trans Mountain expansion (TMX) side by side. The fundamental difference is the product. LNG is marketed as a low-carbon, transition fuel that would help reduce global emissions. Mr. Horgan’s government regards the diluted bitumen that would be shipped from Trans Mountain’s line as a pending environmental disaster.
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