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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Ottawa goes on a fish scientist hiring binge
CBC As It Happens - May 12, 2016 "Here's something that Canadian fish scientists haven't read in a while: "Help wanted." The Conservatives cut 310 positions at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. But now the Liberal government has announced it is reinvesting $20 million in the department — and hiring 135 people. "I thought it was great news," Michael Rennie, a former government research scientist, tells ...
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How Should We Measure Sustainable Development?
Huffington Post Canada - May 06, 2016 "The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development makes the timeline clear. We have 15 years to hit the targets and meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is a race toward a sustainable future that has already begun."
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Hinrich Foundation Sustainable Trade Index
The Economist Intelligence Unit - April 28, 2016 Aaron Cosbey talks to The Economist's Intelligence Unit on sustainable certification.
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Strategic ways to reduce fossil fuel subsidies
China.org.cn - April 22, 2016 "Richard Bridle, a project researcher who supports IISD's (International Institute for Sustainable Development) Geneva-based GSI, said that subsidies are often used as an unjustified payment to an inefficient industry. To know what the fossil fuel subsidies really were, one should first have a clear mind on what subsidies are in a legal and economic context."
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Giving group
Winnipeg Free Press - April 14, 2016 "Volunteerism in Winnipeg increased to nearly 38 per cent in 2013 from 35 per cent in 2010, according to a new report from Peg, a project run by United Way Winnipeg and the International Institute for Sustainable Development, using data from Statistics Canada. The Peg report coincides with National Volunteer Week, which celebrates Canada’s 12.7 million volunteers."
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Climate change and Manitoba: Adaptation and innovation required
Winnipeg Free Press - April 11, 2016 Hank Venema argues that climate change adaptation and resilience measures should on the enviroment agenda of the new Manitoba provincial government in an opinion piece for the Winnipeg Free Press.
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Climate change and Manitoba: A neglected election issue
Winnipeg Free Press - April 11, 2016 "Lake Winnipeg, the 10th-largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area, has received international attention for its declining water quality. This underscores the urgency with which Manitobans must act to protect our lakes and the economic, cultural and ecological value they provide. Luckily, we already have many of the answers in hand."
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Why Aadhaar is not Sudhar: Study Questions Savings in LPG Scheme
The Quint - April 02, 2016 "IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development) has come up with a research paper that refutes government’s claims on savings in the Aadhar-linked LPG subsidy scheme."
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Prairie water woes need collective action, not more words
Manitoba Cooperator - March 21, 2016 Dimple Roy and Jo-Ellen Parry argue in an opinion piece in the Manitoba Cooperator that collective action is the best way to respond to the threat to Manitoba's lakes.
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Is the Indian Government Saving as Much as It Says on Gas Subsidies?
Wall Street Journal - March 21, 2016 "India is trying to streamline the way it delivers billions of dollars of cheap food, fuel and fertilizer to the poor. It may, however, have overstated its progress so far—by a factor of 100. That’s the conclusion of researchers at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, or IISD, a Canada-based think tank. Their focus is India’s new system of “direct benefit transfers” for...
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