Climate Change Mitigation
By implementing progressive low-emission development strategies that promote integrated clean energy solutions and broader sustainable development objectives, we can move towards climate change mitigation which requires a shift to low-carbon development.
Our experts help policy-makers identify and prioritize options for reducing emissions, such as through developing clean and renewable energy systems. We also support developing countries in identifying and accessing financing for low-carbon development. We do this by developing roadmaps for reform, engaging proactively with policy-makers and the stakeholders they engage with, providing quantitative and qualitative analysis of policy options for energy and carbon mitigation, and identifying means of implementation.
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Economic Implications of Climate Change Adaptations on Mine Access Roads in Northern Canada
This study evaluates the climate-related vulnerabilities and related costs and benefits of the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road, a mine access road built mainly over frozen lakes in the northeastern region of the Northwest Territories.
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TomorrowNow - Manitoba’s Green Plan: Stakeholder consultations on climate change
Between 2013 and 2015 the International Institute for Sustainable Development led stakeholder engagement meetings with Manitobans, on behalf of the Government of Manitoba, to obtain their perspective and expertise on climate change challenges and solutions for the province.
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Key Issues on the Road to Paris: A briefing note on COP 21 for the members of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP)
The year 2015 is crucial in the fight against climate change.From November 30 to December 11, representatives of 196 countries will meet in Paris...
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Climate Investment, Low-Carbon Innovation and Green Industrial Policy
IISD President-CEO Scott Vaughan offers up a timely commentary on climate investment, low-carbon innovation and green industrial policy, ahead of COP21 in Paris.
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The End of Coal: Ontario’s coal phase-out
Ontario has successfully implemented its policy to put an end to coal use in 2014. This energy transition has become “the single largest GHG...
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Emissions Trading in China: An opportunity for renewable energy?
Emissions trading schemes (ETSs) are being rapidly developed in China.As of November 2014, there are seven ETS pilots in operation. Building on the...
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Towards a Low Carbon, Climate Resilient Ontario: IISD input to MOECC’s Climate Change Discussion Paper
The Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change released its Ontario Climate Change Discussion Paper 2015. This brief outlines IISD’s...
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Synthesis Report: China's Low-Carbon Readiness and Competitiveness 2015
China’s drive to develop a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy is a top priority of the government, placing pressure on the industrial...
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Implementing Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management Systems for Economic Zones in China
China is aggressively pursuing the development of low-carbon economic zones, and while there has been substantial work done to define targets and...
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Policy Trends and Drivers of Low-Carbon Development in China’s Industrial Zones
With China’s 2009 Copenhagen Accord commitment to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of its economy by 40–45 per cent by 2020, the government has...
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