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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A lot more automation, a lot less humans to hit the mining industry
mining.com - October 26, 2016 "Despite benefits such as more efficiency and less human-triggered accidents that the use of automation in mining has brought to the sector in the past five years, local communities and governments are set to lose jobs and tax revenues because of these emerging technologies, a new report shows."
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Can We End Hunger By 2030?
The Huffington Post - October 24, 2016 "What would it take to end hunger by 2030? 2030 is the year to meet the sustainable development goals. Of the SDGs, goal number 2 aims at zero hunger."
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Basic human right to food in focus at CMHR for World Food Day
Winnipeg Free Press - October 16, 2016 "The Prairie Climate Centre is a collaborative initiative of the Institute for Sustainable Development, where Venema has been chief scientist since 2014, the University of Winnipeg and other partners with the mission to identify and implement ways to mitigate against climate change in Western Canada."
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Measuring Progress through Data and Narratives: Celebrating the First Anniversary of the 2030 Agenda
The World Post - September 29, 2016 "Member States of the United Nations recognized the power of goal setting for achieving objectives through their decision in June 2012, to negotiate a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [...] These decisions embody the expectation that setting goals matters in governance settings, and that data to measure implementation provide critical tools to enable progress towards the goals."
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We all have role to play in protecting lakes
Winnipeg Free Press - September 29, 2016 Dimple Roy and Alexis Kanu argue that we need a systematic watershed monitoring process in Manitoba, to ensure the best health for prairie lakes.
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How to save free trade from itself
iPolitics - September 22, 2016 "What the world needs now is a dedicated effort to make new international economic agreements responsive to the sustainable and inclusive development agenda set out globally in 2015."
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How Policy Coherence Helps The SDG Wheels Turn
The Huffington Post - September 21, 2016 "Now is the time to make sure that the right policies and processes are in place to guide sustainable development according to the timeline that the 2030 Agenda requires -- there can be no time for confusion or delay."
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Why Trudeau’s Commitment to Harper’s Old Emissions Target Might Not Be Such Bad News After All
DeSmog Canada - September 21, 2016 “At the end of the day, as much as the goals and targets matter, what matters most is reducing emissions,” says Amin Asadollahi, the lead for climate change mitigation for North America at the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
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US and China release fossil fuel subsidy peer reviews
The Guardian - September 20, 2016 “This gesture of openness signals a genuine desire to remove subsidies that are both environmentally and economically harmful,” said Peter Wooders, director of the energy programme at the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
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Opinion: We need to protect Canada's freshwater from climate change
National Observer - September 15, 2016 "Canada can be a world leader on fresh water management in a changing climate, and the time to act is now." Anne Hammill and Dimple Roy make their case for federal leadership on fresh water management in the context of climate change.
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