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Fisheries Subsidies Video Series

Rethinking Eskom: Lessons from electricity sector reform in India and Mexico

How COVID-19 Could Impact the Clean Energy Transition

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Our experts offer practical guidance to help authorities choose the right system of electricity generation and reduce consumption of fossil-based transport fuels, and to implement international climate change commitments.

We work side-by-side with local partners for less costly, more equitable energy systems. Aware of international policy developments, we identify wasteful practices, encourage new thinking, engage civil society and support policy reform.

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Report

Determining the Status of Fish Stocks in Data-Poor Environments and Multispecies Fisheries

Some of the possible new World Trade Organization rules on fisheries subsidies could apply only when fish stocks are overfished or fishing is unsustainable. How can this be assessed in the context of data-poor and multispecies fisheries?
Blog

Blog

We May Be in Uncharted Waters, But We Aren’t Lost at Sea

When the financial crisis of 2008 hit, governments around the world began structuring stimulus plans. We can learn a lot by looking back at how effective these turned out to be.
Video

Video

Fisheries Subsidies Video Series

As part of its work to support a meaningful WTO agreement to discipline harmful fisheries subsidies, the IISD has produced a series of six videos to summarize the key issues to be resolved across the WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations.
Report

Report

Rethinking Eskom: Lessons from electricity sector reform in India and Mexico

As South Africa debates how to reform its struggling electricity sector, this publication reviews how international experience from India and Mexico could inform the debate.
Blog

Blog

After the Oil Crash, We Need a Managed Wind-Down of Fossil Fuel Production

To meet climate goals and avoid further market chaos, governments need to plan the decline of coal, oil and gas production, with support for workers.
Report

Report

Code Shift: The environmental significance of the 2022 amendments to the Harmonized System

This report explains how recent amendments to the harmonized coding system used to track international merchandise trade will help improve the monitoring of trade in both environmentally sensitive products and environmental goods.
Policy Brief

Policy Brief

Potential Implementation Steps of a WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

As members of the WTO negotiate new rules to curb harmful fisheries subsidies, this policy brief examines the potential steps governments could take to implement successful subsidy reform that promotes more sustainable fisheries.
Blog

Blog

How COVID-19 Could Impact the Clean Energy Transition

Peter Wooders and Ivetta Gerasimchuk met virtually to discuss the impact that COVID-19 could have on the clean energy transition, from renewables to fossil fuel subsidies.