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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We Need a Global Stimulus Package to Avoid a COVID-19 Hunger Crisis
foodtank - April 06, 2020 COVID-19 has hit hard, fast and everywhere. It is, above all, a public health crisis and addressing it as such is today’s most critical challenge. But already the links to other crises are emerging.
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Postponing major environmental summits is the right thing to do
Climate Home News - April 03, 2020 China and the UK must ensure all nations are involved in planning the delayed summits to protect biodiversity and to raise climate action.
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Help Canada’s workers now—but don’t lock us into a high-carbon future
The Hill Times - March 25, 2020 Times of high unemployment and low interest rates are the right time for new, low-carbon investments and infrastructure.
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Who are the 2,000 people that are afraid to get tested for COVID-19?
MSN - March 22, 2020 One metre, that is the standard set by the WHO for social distancing. Yet there are people who live in dilapidated squalors, crammed together in dirty rooms with people lying together like sardines in a can.
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The rules of foreign policy are changing
Policy Forum - March 17, 2020 The world’s nations must come together to deal with global climate problems, or face heavy costs to their own national security.
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Canada needs an inclusive approach to climate action
The Hill Times - March 11, 2020 The impacts of climate change will affect nearly all people across Canada, but to different extents and in different ways; we must remember this as we plan and implement adaptation actions.
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Green action pathway revealed: Toolkit to help Manitoba businesses bolster climate-change readiness
Winnipeg Free Press - March 11, 2020 Not so long ago, the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce surveyed members on all sorts of things and found more than 50 per cent said climate change was a concern for their business. They also learned that about 75 per cent did not have a formal climate action plan in place.
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Oil Crash Sends New Shock Through World Crippled by Virus
Bloomberg - March 09, 2020 Lower oil prices could allow governments to cut subsidies and increase taxes on fossil-fuel consumption and use revenues to invest in renewable projects, said Ivetta Gerasimchuk at IISD.
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The social and environmental costs of mining for green energy
CBC - March 09, 2020 The transition to so-called green energy has the potential to be anything but green, according to Clare Church, a researcher with the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
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Oil Crash Sends New Shock Through World Crippled by Virus
Bloomberg - March 09, 2020 Lower oil prices could allow governments to cut subsidies and increase taxes on fossil-fuel consumption and use revenues to invest in renewable projects, said Ivetta Gerasimchuk at the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
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