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This G20 Insights policy brief, contributed to by IISD President and CEO Scott Vaughan and environmental NGOs, argues that while a transition to 100% renewable energy is economically inevitable and desirable, it may create misleading negative signals in traditional economic statistics as fossil fuel industries decline.

This policy brief outlines strategies for developing resilient urban transportation infrastructure to mitigate risks from natural hazards and climate change, emphasizing sustainable systems, urban densification, and the creation of complete communities.

This policy brief outlines best practices for enhancing the resilience of urban water supply and sanitation systems against climate shocks, emphasizing a combination of infrastructure robustness, redundancy, and decentralized options.

This policy brief provides recommendations for Alberta's cities to improve disaster preparedness and emergency management in the face of climate change. It emphasizes integrating extreme weather projections into planning, investing in green infrastructure and building codes, and empowering citizens through outreach. The brief is part of a series developed for Edmonton and Calgary based on the principles of robustness, redundancy, and resourcefulness.

This policy brief outlines economic and financial strategies for cities to enhance their resilience to climate change, emphasizing the reduction of financial risks and the use of specialized accounting and valuation methods to prioritize adaptation investments.

This policy brief defines transformational adaptation as a systemic approach to climate resilience that addresses root causes of vulnerability, contrasting it with incremental adaptation which improves existing practices.

This policy brief outlines how cities can utilize urban ecosystems and green infrastructure to enhance climate resilience, reduce exposure to natural hazards, and provide cost-effective alternatives to traditional infrastructure.

This policy brief outlines strategies for cities to enhance climate resilience by strengthening local food systems and protecting agricultural land to mitigate supply shocks and improve food security.

This policy brief outlines strategies for enhancing resilience in the built environment to combat climate change, focusing on robust design, the mitigation of urban heat island effects, and the adoption of sustainable architectural and planning protocols.

This policy brief by the International Institute for Sustainable Development outlines strategies to enhance the resilience of energy and information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure against climate change, specifically for the cities of Edmonton and Calgary.

This briefing notes Canada's ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury and highlights research from the IISD-Experimental Lake Area regarding the impact of reducing mercury pollution on fish.

This fact sheet by the International Institute for Sustainable Development explains the nature of zebra mussels, their spread into Manitoba, and their potential ecological and infrastructural impacts on Lake Winnipeg.

This policy brief examines Indonesia's transition from fixed fuel subsidies to market-based pricing. It highlights the fiscal success of gasoline and diesel reforms—which saved over USD 15 billion—while noting the ongoing challenges of LPG subsidies. The authors propose using smoothing, ratcheting, or cap-and-floor formulas to manage international price volatility and recommend that price adjustments be handled by an independent agency with high transparency and frequency.

In a speech delivered at the PAGE Ministerial Conference in Berlin on March 27, 2017, IISD President and CEO Scott Vaughan critiques current trade and investment models, specifically focusing on the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in sustainable development.

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides a response to the European Commission's December 2016 public consultation on reforming investment dispute resolution, specifically rejecting proposals for an Investment Court System (ICS) and a Multilateral Investment Court (MIC).

This research paper documents the deployment of solar energy in Sarda, a remote village in Odisha, India, highlighting how its location in a dense forest hinders market linkages and access to electricity and basic services.

This IISD Best Practices paper examines the most-favoured-nation (MFN) clause in investment treaties, focusing on how arbitral tribunals interpret these clauses and the resulting implications for states.

This guide by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) analyzes the Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) clause in international investment treaties. It examines how arbitral tribunals have interpreted MFN to allow investors to import more favorable substantive and procedural rules from third-party treaties, a practice that has led to legal uncertainty and 'treaty-shopping.' The document provides a typology of MFN clauses, discusses the distinction between pre- and post-establishment phases, and offers recommendations for states to limit the scope of MFN in future treaties to protect national sovereignty and policy space.

This guide by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) analyzes the Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) clause in investment treaties, focusing on how divergent interpretations by arbitral tribunals have created legal uncertainty. It examines the distinction between substantive and procedural rules, the risks of 'treaty shopping,' and provides recommendations for states to limit the scope of MFN clauses in new and existing treaties to protect national sovereignty and policy space.

This advisory bulletin from the IISD Best Practices Series examines the exhaustion of local remedies (ELR) requirement in international investment law, analyzing its customary origins, its general waiver in investment treaties, and the recent trend of states reintroducing mandatory local recourse to empower domestic legal systems.