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This briefing provides a country study and data sheet on G20 subsidies for coal production and consumption in Russia for the years 2016 and 2017, serving as a baseline for tracking the phase-out of such subsidies.

This briefing tracks coal subsidies in India for 2016-2017 and reports that while subsidies for renewable energy and electric vehicles more than doubled in FY 2022, fossil fuel support remains four times higher than clean energy support.

This briefing serves as a background paper to the report 'G20 Coal Subsidies: Tracking Government Support to a Fading Industry', focusing on the compilation of public data regarding coal subsidies in Mexico for the years 2016 and 2017.

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development tracks the progress of G20 countries in phasing out subsidies for coal production and consumption, including coal-fired power, by examining fiscal support, public finance, and state-owned enterprise investment.

This report analyzes Canadian legal initiatives under domestic and international law to combat bribery by Canadian businesses investing abroad, identifying four key developments related to sustainable development.

This report applies the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) methodology to Stephenfield Reservoir and Pelly's Lake in Manitoba, Canada. It evaluates the economic value of ecosystem services—such as flood control, carbon offsets, and water supply—by comparing them to the cost of equivalent grey infrastructure, arguing that such valuations can help policy-makers justify the conservation of natural ecosystems as critical buffers against climate change.

This briefing describes the use of open spatial data to identify environmental 'hotspots' in Manitoba to optimize the allocation of limited resources for water quality, sustainable agriculture, and carbon sequestration.

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) advocates for "subsidy swaps," the process of redirecting government financial support from fossil fuels to clean energy. It argues that while removing fossil fuel subsidies can reduce emissions, a swap is necessary to ensure permanent reductions and provide economic, social, and health benefits. The document analyzes the global context of these shifts and provides case studies from India, Indonesia, Zambia, and Morocco to demonstrate the feasibility of reallocating resources to renewable energy and energy efficiency.

This report applies the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) methodology to two infrastructure assets in Manitoba, Canada: Stephenfield Reservoir (a built asset) and Pelly’s Lake (a natural wetland). The study quantifies the economic value of the ecosystem and infrastructure services they provide and compares these to the costs of replacing those services with grey infrastructure. The findings demonstrate that both natural and naturalized built assets are significantly more cost-effective than traditional grey infrastructure for water storage, irrigation, and nutrient removal.

The SAVi assessment of the N’Diaye wind farm in Senegal finds that while coal appears cheaper in traditional financial analyses, the wind farm is the most favorable option when climate risks and externalities are included. The wind farm offers a lower integrated LCOE (CFA 43,266/MWh) than coal (CFA 52,998/MWh) and HFO (CFA 155,898/MWh), generates significantly more employment (66 FTE/year), and avoids up to 6 million tonnes of CO2e emissions. Financially, the wind farm's NPV (USD 157.38 million) outperforms coal (USD 129.64 million) in a holistic scenario, while HFO is considered non-viable.

This report presents a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) assessment of the Taïba N’Diaye wind farm in Senegal. It compares the wind project against heavy fuel oil (HFO) and coal technologies, integrating traditional financial metrics with environmental, social, and economic externalities and climate risks. The analysis concludes that while coal may appear cheaper in conventional assessments, the wind farm is the most beneficial option when accounting for social costs of carbon, job creation, and climate resilience.

This report provides methodological guidance for National Statistical Systems and global entities to measure fossil fuel subsidies, specifically to support the reporting of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 12.c.1.

The International Institute for Sustainable Development presents a Mining Policy Framework (MPF) Assessment for Ecuador, conducted by the IGF at the request of the Ecuadorian government. The assessment identifies gaps in environmental management and post-mining transition within the large-scale mining (LSM) sector and provides recommendations for improving community consultations, national environmental standards, and the formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM).

This guide provides a framework for organizing inclusive, participatory events designed to help stakeholders collectively generate ideas and identify actions for climate adaptation progress, moving away from traditional presentation-heavy meeting formats.

This briefing describes Kenya's efforts to design a simplified, integrated, and multilevel monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to track adaptation outcomes as part of its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process.

The IISD briefing identifies three environmental 'hotspots' in Manitoba—the Southwest Red River Valley (high fertilizer use), Southwestern Manitoba (high conservation tillage), and the Southeast Red River Valley (unincorporated manure)—where targeted investments in natural infrastructure and beneficial management practices can most effectively improve water quality and reduce nutrient runoff into Lake Winnipeg.

This report presents a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) assessment of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Dakar, Senegal. The analysis compares a 'Business as Usual' scenario against three BRT implementation scenarios (baseline, low demand, and high demand) to evaluate the project's financial viability and its broader environmental, social, and economic externalities.

This report presents a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) assessment of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Dakar, Senegal. The analysis compares a 'Business as Usual' (BAU) scenario against three BRT implementation scenarios (default, low demand, and high demand) to evaluate the project's financial viability and its broader socio-economic and environmental externalities. While the project is found to be financially unviable under conventional accounting, the integration of positive externalities—particularly avoided transport costs and time savings—demonstrates significant overall economic and social profitability.

This climate diplomacy essay discusses the role of foreign policy and the diplomatic cadre in managing the trade-offs and synergies associated with the radical transformation required by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This report explores how blockchain technology and 'impact tokens' can address systemic barriers in the impact investing industry to better mobilize funding for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).