State of global environmental governance 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic brought devastation in 2020, including to plans to ramp up international cooperation on climate action, biodiversity restoration, reducing inequality, and a number of other crises.
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
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Fossil-fuel subsidy reform in India: cash transfers for PDS kerosene and domestic LPG
<p><span id="itro1">This new report by IISD reviews the existing mechanism of subsidy delivery through public distribution systems and examines the possibility of using cash transfers as an option for
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Ecosystem approaches in integrated water resources management (IWRM): a review of transboundary river basins
Integrated water resources management (IWRM) combines land and water management through broad-based stakeholder participation to realize multiple co-benefits in watersheds. IWRM recognizes the economic
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The digital economy and the green economy: Opportunities for strategic synergies
<p>This submission proposes that Canada
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Lessons learned from attempts to reform Indias kerosene subsidy
The Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) has commissioned case studies on fossil-fuel subsidy reform in Brazil, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Poland and Senegal. This report is prepared under IISD: Bali to Copenhagen project, author examines India's attempts to reform its long-standing subsidy on residential kerosene.
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Agriculture and rural development day bulletin
This document presents the summary of the Agriculture and Rural Development Day event held at the University of Copenhagen, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 12 December 2009.
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Rising temperatures, rising tensions: climate change and the risk of violent conflict in the Middle East
In a region already considered the world's most water scarce and where, in many places, demand for water already outstrips supply, climate models are predicting a hotter, drier and less predictable climate in the Middle East. By redrawing maps of water availability, food security, disease prevalence, population
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Securing a sustainable future in the Arctic
In recent decades, the Arctic has undergone major environmental, socio-economic and political changes. The rapid loss of Arctic ice is having negative consequences on northern communities and lifestyles, on iconic species such as the polar bear, and is altering the ecology of the Arctic ocean and the permafrost lands.
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UN convention to combat desertification from 3-14 Nov. 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey
The seventh session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 7) was held in Istanbul, Turkey back to back with the First Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST), from 3 to 14 November 2008, at the invitation of the Government of Turkey. For detailed day by day output: http://www.iisd.ca/desert/cric7/
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Vulnerability of North African countries to climatic changes: adaptation and implementation strategies for climate change
Climate data gathered in the region during 20th century indicate heating, estimated at more than 1