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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By Ending ‘Zombie Energy’, India Could Cut Premature Deaths From Air Pollution by 65%
India Spend - July 31, 2017 "Subsidies given to fossil fuels unlock what is called “zombie energy”, energy from deposits that would not be commercially viable to produce without government help, according to this 2017 paper published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), a global not-for-profit organisation based in Canada."
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Millions of lakes right in our backyard serve as windows into Earth’s origins
The Conversation - July 20, 2017 "The Lake Matano discoveries had special significance for Dr. Sherry Schiff in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo. Her long history of studying freshwater habitats, including those at the International Institute for Sustainable Development — Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) in northern Ontario, helped her formulate a hypothesis."
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Want to save the planet? Have fewer children, study says
Global News - July 13, 2017 "Amin Asadollahi, a climate change expert with the International Institute for Sustainable Development, believes the problem with climate change isn’t about human numbers, but about energy consumption."
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Robots and recruitment: the impact of automation on mining jobs
mining-technology.com - July 13, 2017 "However, Aaron Cosbey, senior associate at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), contends that companies are still struggling to come to terms with the idea of a depleted workforce."
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Experimental Lakes Area scientists take to Twitter to answer questions from public
Kenora Daily Miner and News - July 10, 2017 "For the month of July, people can tweet at the IISD-ELA Twitter account with any questions they may have for Experimental Lakes Area scientists with the hashtag #ELA140, whether it’s about climate change, different pollutants, invasive species, or what exactly happens at the ELA, a natural laboratory made up of 58 small lakes and their watersheds near Vermilion Bay. The catch, of course, is...
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Experimental Lakes Area scientists taking questions on Twitter
CBC Thunder Bay - July 05, 2017 "The scientists at the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) near Kenora, Ont., are practicing a new skill this month: being brief. The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), which operates the ELA, is running a campaign throughout July that will see its scientists answer science-related questions that are posed via Twitter."
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North American cities are innovating on community-level development indicators
Citiscope - July 03, 2017 "While having this data online is useful, the more important step is for such an initiative to interpret the data and identify and communicate any trends, explains Livia Bizikova, programme director with the International Institute for Sustainable Development, a global organization that developed and runs Peg in partnership with the local non-profit United Way Winnipeg."
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Climate Change Education
MBC Television - June 30, 2017 St Lucia's MBC Television reports from our recent event in St Lucia educating journalists on the impacts of climate change.
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We are all partners in creating a better Canada
Above and Beyond - June 29, 2017 Natan Obed, an IISD board member, explores the Inuit's response to Canada 150 and looks forward to their role in creating a more inclusive country.
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Journalists Get Schooled On Climate Change Reporting
The Voice - June 28, 2017 "With the media being a crucial factor in telling the climate change story, every endeavour to tell that story as simplified as possible is equally crucial. Over the past weekend, nearly a dozen local journalists got the chance to learn how to do just that."
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