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Sustainable development is a broad, complex field with many overlapping, interconnected issues. It can be hard to stay on top of where progress is being made, what new issues are emerging, and how current events are shifting us in new directions. IISD’s experts have the insight you need.

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Advancing Gender Equality and Human Rights at COP 29: Why intersectionality matters

There has been resistance to integrating intersectionality language in UNFCCC discussions, but Angie Dazé explains why it is a key step toward climate justice.

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November 4, 2024

How Indonesia's Incoming President Can Advance the Transition to Clean Energy

With Prabowo Subianto inaugurated as Indonesia’s President, speculation abounds about the new administration’s commitment to the clean energy transition and climate targets, given Prabowo’s positioning as the “continuity candidate.” The question is, what, exactly, will be continued?

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October 18, 2024

COP 16 Will Hinge on Who Benefits from Nature’s DNA

What to expect in Cali as the UN Biodiversity Conference gets underway, explained by the team leader of the global neutral reporting service Earth Negotiations Bulletin.

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October 8, 2024

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A make-or-break moment for sustainable, climate-friendly energy policy

The stated goal of the Energy Charter Treaty is to foster cooperation in the energy sector, but it's creating more problems than it's solving.

Insight November 13, 2019

This is how climate science went mainstream

Climate science has become mainstream... but it wasn't always this way. In the 1960s, worrying about our impact on the Earth was perceived as a niche pursuit. So how did we get to where we are today?

Insight November 5, 2019

How Reforming Fossil Fuel Subsidies Can Go Wrong

There must be a foundation of trust, along with a clear plan to protect vulnerable segments of the population and, ideally, to phase in the reforms gradually.

Insight October 24, 2019

Indonesians Are Demanding Climate Action

Thousands of people, youth especially, are calling for Indonesia and countries around the world to live up to their commitments on climate change.

Insight October 17, 2019

Climate Change Hits Vulnerable Communities First and Hardest

Will the 193 United Nations member states who pledged to “leave no one behind” live up to their promise?

Insight September 26, 2019

Time to ACCTS? Five countries announce new initiative on trade and climate change

Costa Rica, Fiji, Iceland, New Zealand and Norway launched an initiative that firmly melds trade and climate change together.

Insight September 25, 2019

Time to Trade Collective Inertia for Collective Action

To get where we need to on climate action, we need to do a lot of things. Here’s what we don’t need to do.

Insight September 20, 2019

Adaptation to Climate Change: Putting people first

When we talk about solving the climate crisis, we should have more than just a technical lens; we should also be talking about compassion, grief, fear and hope.

Insight August 26, 2019

What's Next for the ECOWAS Gender Network

After a week full of dialogue and knowledge exchange, parliamentarians who are part of a new network on gender equality and agriculture now face the important task of turning lessons into long-term engagement.

Insight July 25, 2019

Learning from Experience: How an African parliamentarians' network is looking to mainstream gender considerations into agriculture

The challenges to women’s participation in agricultural production and economic opportunities are often deeply nuanced and specific to their regional, national and local contexts. This is the first part of a series covering ECOWAS network meetings on gender considerations in agriculture.

Insight July 18, 2019

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Advancing Gender Equality and Human Rights at COP 29: Why intersectionality matters

How Indonesia's Incoming President Can Advance the Transition to Clean Energy

COP 16 Will Hinge on Who Benefits from Nature’s DNA

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