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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Water Front
World Water Week Daily - September 04, 2014 What does IISD’s Dimple Roy think will help improve collaboration between the energy and water communities?
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Making room for learning by pushing school out of the way
CBC News Manitoba - September 02, 2014 Winnipeg teacher Matt Henderson talks about a recent study trip he and his students took to IISD-ELA.
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Canada's Economic-Energy Conundrum: EPIC’s Contribution to a National Discussion
Policy Magazine - September 01, 2014 “For five years, the Energy Policy Institute of Canada gathered expertise and research to help the country’s decision leaders formulate a national energy strategy. Now chair of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, former EPIC president Dan Gagnier sheds light on what EPIC found, how global markets are...
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Making Energy Efficiency Bankable in India
Down To Earth Magazine - August 28, 2014 Highly readable blog post from Mariana Hug Silva detailing five immediate actions to make energy efficiency in India bankable.
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'Peggers big givers
Winnipeg Sun - August 28, 2014 Latest indicator from the highly successful Peg projects reveals that Winnipeggers’ charitable donations have increased at a faster rate than the national rate for the last ten years.
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Norway has a nest egg. Should we? Is Norway's nest egg a lesson for Canada?
The Toronto Star - August 23, 2014 “In 2008 alone, Canada’s federal and provincial governments gave up $2.84 billion through tax breaks to oil companies, the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development reported in 2010.”
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Green Public Procurement Project launched in Bhutan
Bhutan Broadcasting Service - August 21, 2014 This short TV spot shows some of the highlights of the launch of the Green Public Procurement in Bhutan project. Oshani Perera is interviewed.
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EU Holds Trade Talks with a View to Reducing Import Tariffs on Green Goods
HKTDC Research - August 15, 2014 “Aaron Cosbey of the International Institute for Sustainable Development deplores the lack of criteria for determining which green goods could be added: whether “green goods” are those that are created in a green way (e.g. organic foods), or are those that in their use or disposal perform better than most substitutes (e...
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$498.2m MCA Cash Not Solution To Dumsor-Nduom
SPY Ghana - August 11, 2014 IISD board member Dr Papa Kwesi Ndoum argues that the $498.2 million Millennium Challenge Corporation given to Ghana to invest in the energy sector is not the solution to the country's energy crisis.
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Strengthening ties to Experimental Lakes Area
University of Winnipeg website - August 07, 2014 “We are extremely pleased to join The University of Winnipeg team and look forward to building strong ties with the university in a variety of disciplines,” said [Dr. Michael] Paterson.
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