Press Releases
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March 01, 2001
IISD Chairman Emeritus heads World Bank Inspection Panel
WINNIPEG — Jim MacNeill, Chairman Emeritus of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, was unanimously re-elected by the members of the World Bank's Inspection Panel to serve as Chairman of the Panel effective March 1, 2001 until February 28, 2002. The Inspection Panel was created in 1993 to provide an independent forum to private citizens who believe they or their...
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January 19, 2001
NAFTA Arbitration Panel Makes Precedent Setting Ruling In Favour of Canadian NGO
Decision favours IISD intervention in upcoming Methanex Chapter 11 hearing Read the Tribunal's decision. WINNIPEG — After more than six months of intense effort by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, a NAFTA Chapter 11 Tribunal has set a precedent by ruling that it has the power to accept amicus curiae ("friends of the court") briefs. The January 16 decision in the...
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January 05, 2001
Climate Change in Manitoba - Beginning the Dialogue: January 10 forum to discuss climate change impacts, strategies and opportunities for action
National, provincial and local experts to lead discussions with over 300 forum participants on this critical topic on Wednesday, January 10 from 9:00 to 4:30 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre, 375 York Avenue, Winnipeg WINNIPEG — Over the past decade climate scientists around the world have found increasing evidence that human activity directly impacts the world's climate. These changes...
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November 22, 2000
NAFTA Tribunal: Canada, U.S. give formal support to IISD bid for unprecedented intervener status
Canadian NGO would be first to intervene in secretive Chapter 11 hearings; major environmental consequences at stake WINNIPEG — IISD President David Runnalls and trade and environment law expert Howard Mann are available for interviews. Please call 416-538-8712 to schedule a time. For the first time, the governments of Canada and the United States have formally supported the right of an...
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November 16, 2000
New video documents climate change impacts on High Arctic
Mosquitoes find their way to the Arctic Circle; The permafrost is melting; A traditional way of life is at risk IISD Project Manager Graham Ashford, Scientist Norm Snow and Rosemarie Kuptana, Sachs Harbour, NWT, resident and Past President of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference are available for advance interviews Nov. 13, 14 and 15. Please call 416-538-8712 to schedule a time. Project officials...
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November 10, 2000
John Drexhage to Join IISD as Director, Climate Change
WINNIPEG — The International Institute for Sustainable Development is pleased to announce that. John Drexhage will be assuming the position of Director, Climate Change on January 8, 2001. "I am especially pleased to have John join IISD," said David Runnalls, IISD President. "He has been working at the highest levels of the climate change negotiation process for the past seven years and he...
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September 21, 2000
Agriculture and GHG Sequestration workshop to promote adaptation strategies for Manitoba farmers
WINNIPEG — The heated debate is settled-the Earth's climate is changing. Canada has agreed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), and the agriculture sector can help the nation meet its targets. Using conservation production practices agriculture has the potential to pull carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and trap them in the soil. Understanding this...
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September 14, 2000
IISD Book Argues for a New Kind of International Investment Regime
A properly framed international investment agreement can help achieve sustainability WINNIPEG — Environmental activists are widely credited with (or condemned for) derailing OECD negotiations for a Multilateral Agreement on Investment in late 1998. It took more than environmental opposition to stop the MAI, but since then it has been accepted wisdom that environmentalists are opposed to...
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September 11, 2000
IISD calls for widespread reform of WTO
Years of research by Canada's leading sustainable development think tank/research institute demonstrates a clear need for reform of the international trading system WINNIPEG — The fallout from the World Trade Organization's failed Seattle ministerial conference is still being felt almost a year later. The international trading system continues to be mired in problems and has made little...
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September 11, 2000
IISD Opens Geneva Office, September 2000
WINNIPEG — The International Institute for Sustainable Development formally inaugurates its European Offices on September 14, 2000. IISD's new Geneva office extends our global presence and increases our ability to access to key European decision makers. The new offices are located in the International Environment House 2, 9 chemin de Balexert, 1219 Châtelaine, Switzerland, Telephone ...
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