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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Cleaning Lake Winnipeg 3 tonnes at a time
Winnipeg Free Press - June 15, 2015 "The International Institute of Sustainable Development has been running cattail-harvesting demonstrations for the project. Pelly's Lake, said IISD senior research manager, Richard Grosshans, "is a better watershed management that could even become profitable" by generating revenue from cattail biofuel."
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Study Reveals Failure to Achieve U.N. Environmental Sustainability Goal
Triple Pundit - June 09, 2015 "A recently released report from the International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD) highlights the fundamental and inextricable links between healthy, diverse ecosystems and socioeconomic health and development."
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Energy prices low on FDI radar
The Vietnam Times - June 08, 2015 "The study, done by the International Institute for Sustainable Development to determine the position of foreign direct investors on energy pricing and supply in Vietnam, suggests that the Vietnamese Government can be more ambitious in raising power prices for large industrial consumers."
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Time to seize the sustainable future
The Japan Times - June 02, 2015 Simon Zadek argues that now is the time to seize the sustainable future in an opinion piece for The Japan Times.
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Calls grow for full fossil fuel reckoning
Deutsche Welle - June 02, 2015 "Kieran Clarke of the International Institute for Sustainable Development says that drawing attention to the social costs of what can appear to be a cheap option for power generation, such as coal, can have a bigger impact on policy than focusing on environmental damage. ...
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An immoral food-to-fuel policy
Washington Times - June 02, 2015 "The International Institute for Sustainable Development notes: “The grain required to fill a 25-gallon gas tank with ethanol can feed one person for a year, so the amount of corn used to make [the government-required] 13 billion gallons of ethanol will not feed the almost 500 million people it was feeding in 2000. In addition, because corn is the most common animal feed and has many...
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Summer interview – Mark Halle, Executive Director for IISD Europe
International Geneva - June 01, 2015 A nice, informal interview with Mark Halle,Vice-President, Strategy, IISD & Executive Director, IISD-Europe. French version here.
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Top 30 under 30: Canadian sustainability champions
The Hamilton Spectator - May 29, 2015 A final list of Canada's Top 30 under 30 Sustainability Champions from across the country. IISD President-CEO Scott Vaughan and Senior Fellow Vicky Sharpe were two of the panel of four judges who submitted their Top 15 picks.
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Commonwealth Secretariat : African integration vital for global trade success
4-Traders - May 29, 2015 "Senior officials and experts from Africa met in Nairobi this week to consider the implications of the new global trade architecture, including the advent of mega trading blocs, on the continent."
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Government scientists should speak freely – sometimes
The Globe and Mail - May 22, 2015 An opinion piece about the muzzling of Canadian government scientists co-authored by Mike Rennie.
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