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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In-house Standard Could Precipitate Race To The Bottom
Coffee and Cocoa International - March 01, 2017 "Jason Potts argues that Cadbury’s transition to an in-house sustainability standard threatens the sustainability of the cocoa sector, will provide fewer benefits for farmers than an international standard and is a rejection of the participatory governance model that Fairtrade and other schemes employ."
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Coal phase-out improved Ontario’s air quality
Policy Options - February 28, 2017 "It is undeniable that Ontario has seen pollution reduction and an improvement in air quality since phasing out coal-fired power plants — and that families have felt these health and environmental benefits across Ontario. As Ottawa and the provinces flesh out the details of a nationwide phase-out of coal pollution, we should bear this in mind."
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Is there a US diplomacy vacuum at the UN in Geneva?
BBC - February 27, 2017 "Other observers, like Mark Halle, senior fellow at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, are not quite so pessimistic. Pointing out that the new administration is still in a transition period, Mr Halle hopes to see a "backdown when people see the consequences of the fiery declarations he (President Trump) has made""
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Coal country mourns job losses, town heroes
WVTF Radio - February 23, 2017 "One cause is automation. Plus-size bulldozers and cutting machines have long replaced humans with axes and shovels in the mines. And more technology is coming: 40 percent to 80 percent of today's jobs are at risk of being replaced by things like robots and self-driving trucks, according to a report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Winnipeg, Manitoba."
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Water woes
The Globe and Mail - February 23, 2017 IISD-ELA executive director Matthew McCandless writes to the editor of the Globe and Mail to explain why, when looking to ensure First Nations' access to water, we must consider waste water treatment.
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Mining automation and shared value – thinking through the new conundrum
The AusIMM Bulletin - February 22, 2017 "Transformations in mining techniques have the potential to change the way mining companies maintain their social licence to operate," argue Aaron Cosbey and Howard Mann.
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Man-made wetlands can solve flooding, drought problems
Saskatoon Star Phoenix - February 21, 2017 "Prairie municipalities preparing for a hotter future, with increasing spring floods and summer drought, need to invest in “green infrastructure” the head of Winnipeg’s Prairie Climate Centre says."
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G20 : des investisseurs et assureurs majeurs rejoignent l'appel pour la fin des subventions à la production de combustibles fossiles
Les Smart Grids - February 19, 2017 (French-language article) "Une étude diffusée plus tôt ce mois-ci par la Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI ou Initiative sur les subventions mondiales) ... rapporte que la suppression des subventions à la production de combustibles fossiles équivaudrait à éliminer toutes les émissions du secteur international de l'aviation."
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Report: Killing ‘Zombie Energy’ Would Keep More Fossil Fuels Buried
Daily Planet - February 17, 2017 “It’s no secret that coal, oil and gas companies are extracting fossil fuel from fields that would be uneconomical without government support – what we call ‘zombie energy’,” says Ivetta Gerasimchuk, lead author of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) report.
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Investors with $2.8 trillion in assets unite against Donald Trump’s climate change denial
The Independent - February 15, 2017 "Research launched earlier this week by the Global Subsidies Initiative and the Overseas Development Institute found that ending subsidies for global fossil fuel production would have the same impact as eliminating all aeroplanes from the skies."
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