Climate Change Mitigation

By implementing progressive low-emission development strategies that promote integrated clean energy solutions and broader sustainable development objectives, we can move towards climate change mitigation—which requires a shift to low-carbon development.

Our experts help policy-makers identify and prioritize options for reducing emissions, such as by developing clean and renewable energy systems. We also support developing countries in identifying and accessing financing for low-carbon development. We do this by developing road maps for reform, engaging proactively with policy-makers and the stakeholders they engage with, providing quantitative and qualitative analysis of policy options for energy and carbon mitigation, and identifying means of implementation.

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COP 29 Must Deliver on Last Year’s Historic Energy Transition Pact

At COP 29 in Baku, countries must build on what was achieved at COP 28 and clarify what tripling renewables and transitioning away from fossil fuels means in practice.

Explainer

November 5, 2024

What Will Happen at COP 29?

Talks at the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) will range from defining a way forward on finance through a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) to mitigation, and loss and damage. Ahead of negotiations in Baku, IISD’s Earth Negotiations Bulletin Team Lead Jennifer Bansard examines the agenda and breaks down what to watch as eyes turn to Azerbaijan.

Explainer

November 1, 2024

How Can a Fossil Fuel Levy Cut Emissions and Finance Climate Action?

A levy on extracting fossil fuels could reduce emissions and help finance climate action. How can governments implement the most effective fossil fuel levy?

Explainer

October 24, 2024

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Green or Brown? As lockdowns lift, governments face a recovery climate choice

Despite mounting pressure for economic rescue packages to be used to tackle climate change, most of the money spent so far on overcoming the coronavirus pandemic has gone towards propping up business as usual, according to three studies.

Governments put 'green recovery' on the backburner

G20 countries aim their pandemic bailout spending at fossil fuel industries, leaving Paris climate change targets in doubt

Canadian Climate Groups Urge ‘Green Strings’ On COVID Recovery Funding

As Finance Minister Bill Morneau prepares to release a fiscal update today, Canada’s leading environmental organizations are calling for “green strings” on Ottawa’s COVID-19 recovery funding package.