International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

Canada's upcoming budget is about more than balancing the books. It’s about creating a sustainable future for everyone. As IISD's president & CEO Richard Florizone and our expert Vanessa Corkal write in today's Hill Times: "Anything short of bold leadership simply won’t be enough." #cdnpoli #Budget2021 #sustainabledevelopment #climateaction https://www.iisd.org//budget-2021-canadas-chance-align-spe

"The question for Canada is how do we position ourselves in this future?" says IISD's President & CEO Richard Florizone in the Financial Post. "The Biden proposal really sets the bar high, it sets it three to four times higher than what the Canadian government has already done." #netzero #climatechange #climateaction #resilientrecovery #budget2021 #cdnpoli #sustainabledevelopment https://financialpost.com//bidens-proposed-2-trillion-stim

Without more funding, Canada risks losing a critical opportunity to keep up with its peers on the path to #netzero. Says Vanessa Corkal, author of a new report in the run-up to the 2021 budget: "True economic recovery must prioritize bold #ClimateAction." https://www.nationalobserver.com//canada-outpaced-ev-inves

Congrats to IISD's Angie Dazé, along with Clare Church, who were both named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy 2021 by Apolitical, in large part due to their work integrating #genderequality & social inclusion in #adaptation planning. #GenderEquality100 See the full list: https://apolitical.co/list/en/gender-equality-100

Canada's Supreme Court has ruled, in a 6-3 decision, that the federal government can impose nationwide pricing standards on #carbon "because the threat of #climatechange is so great that it demands a coordinated national approach." #cdnpoli https://www.cbc.ca//supreme-court-federal-carbon-tax-const

How 4,000 sq km of bog could help the UK reach net-zero. Safeguarding nature-based solutions that already exist is one of the simplest and most effective forms of #ClimateAction we can take. https://www.theguardian.com//world-heritage-status-for-sco

When you look at the scale of government support to oil and gas exploration, production, refining and transportation from 2017 to 2019, Canada & Saudi Arabia stand out as the most prolific. Canada, we've got some work to do. https://www.huffingtonpost.ca//canada-saudi-arabia-fossil-

G20 nations are spending *half a trillion* USD each year to support #fossilfuels, according to new research from IISD, Overseas Development Institute and Oil Change International. The pandemic hasn't helped. Thomson Reuters reports on today's news https://news.trust.org/item/20201109230708-40s1y/

Canada's managed forests are now being cut down faster than they are growing back. The result has been a rising flood of #CO2 accumulating in our atmosphere worsening both the #climate and #ocean acidification crises. Nature cannot be put on the back burner as we map out our #COVID19 recovery strategy. https://www.nationalobserver.com//co2-forestry-Canada-clim

Your weekend listen: A handful of radical #nature lovers are secretly breeding #endangered species & releasing them into the wild. Many are prepared to break the law and risk the fury of the scientific community - all to save the animals they love. https://www.theguardian.com//how-maverick-rewilders-are-tr