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Shifting Public Financial Flows From Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy Under the Paris Agreement
This report assesses global progress made on aligning public financial flows —such as subsidies and other forms of government support —with the need to reduce emissions within a pathway for a safe climate.
The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies: A Reader's Guide
This guide provides a clear overview of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, explaining succinctly the rules and provisions that the treaty establishes.
Voluntary Sustainability Standards in South Asia
Examines how voluntary sustainability standards can address key sustainability issues and interact with the policy landscape of the region.
The Joint Initiative on Investment Facilitation for Development
This stocktaking brief provides an update on the joint initiative negotiations on Investment Facilitation for Development among a group of World Trade Organization (WTO) members. The brief provides updates on how the draft negotiating text has evolved since 2022, as well as an overview of how the process is likely to evolve in the run-up to MC13.
Progressing National SDGs Implementation
A review of the 44 voluntary national reviews submitted to the UN in 2022 amid uneven pandemic recoveries, socio-economic crises and climate impacts.
Improving Visibility in Cotton Supply Chains to Achieve Transparency
This brief maps the supply chains of actors in the cotton sector in Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka for a Sweden-based fashion retailer.
Opportunity NOCs
This UCSB and IISD report examines how investors are financially exposed to NOC risks, but this exposure opens avenues for investor influence on NOCs and creates a strong incentive for investors to use such influence. If the world is to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, NOCs must begin decarbonizing their activities.
The State of Global Environmental Governance 2022
Our reporting team explores global environmental diplomacy wins and misses as in-person talks resumed in full force in 2022.
Achieving Sustainable Food Systems in a Global Crisis: Summary Report
This report summarizes the evidence-based and costed country roadmaps for effective public interventions to transform agriculture and food systems in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria in a way that ends hunger, makes diets healthier and more affordable, improves the productivity and incomes of small-scale producers and their households, and mitigates and adapts to climate change.
Proposals for the Canadian Just Transition Act
This report makes specific recommendations for Canada's forthcoming just transition legislation, drawing on best practices from jurisdictions around the world.