As we approach the SDG Summit, we reflect back on the Rio+20 conference that set the stage for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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** The Future We Want: The Legacy of Rio+20
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In 2012, governments came together in Rio de Janeiro and adopted “The Future We Want”—an outcome document that set the stage for crafting what we now know as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Join us on April 3 as negotiators from the landmark Rio+20 conference reflect on what we’ve learned and what comes next ([link removed]) .
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** WTO “Fish Week” Explores Way Forward for New Subsidy Rules
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Last year, World Trade Organization members clinched a deal for a new Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies—the institution’s first-ever trade accord built around an environmental goal. With negotiators having just wrapped up their first “Fish Week” of the year to craft further subsidy disciplines, our experts unpack in a new guide what is in the existing agreement and what remains pending ([link removed]) .
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** IPCC Synthesis Report: A Call to Action
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has wrapped up its Sixth Assessment Cycle, and our
Earth Negotiations Bulletin reporters have the story on how the Synthesis Report and its Summary for Policymakers came together during this month’s meeting in Interlaken, Switzerland ([link removed]) . Our experts unpack what the IPCC research means ([link removed]) for mitigation, adaptation, and finance.
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** Adaptation Planning Takes Centre Stage in Santiago
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This week, the world’s flagship conference on National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) is underway in Chile’s capital city, marking the first time the event is taking place in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Find out what our NAP Global Network team has in store at the event ([link removed]) .
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** UN 2023 Water Conference and the Water Action Agenda
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The UN 2023 Water Conference marked the first global conference on water in nearly a half-century. From Africa’s Great Lakes ([link removed]) to the role of natural infrastructure ([link removed]) , our experts shared their insights on key issues for freshwater policy and practice. Find out from
Earth Negotiations Bulletin what emerged from the conversations in New York. ([link removed])
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** Canada's Budget 2023: What it means for sustainable development
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Canada has committed to historic investments in clean electricity and fresh water in Budget 2023, but leaves loopholes for fossil fuels. Read our expert take ([link removed]) .
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** Nature-Based Infrastructure Global Resource Centre: Join the conversation
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From case studies on flood protection efforts in Colombia to events on shoring up the resilience of water infrastructure, a vibrant conversation is underway about the role of nature-based infrastructure in solving crucial economic, environmental, and social challenges. Follow our Nature-Based Infrastructure Global Resource Centre ([link removed]) on LinkedIn to take part.
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** What Sustainability Standards Can Mean for Banana Prices, Farmer Livelihoods
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Downward price pressure from buyers and retailers—coupled with global economic disruptions, climate change, and rising production and living costs—is threatening the profitability and livelihoods of smallholder banana farmers across the globe. What role can sustainability standards play ([link removed]) ?
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** Albania’s Vjosa River Now a National Park
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In a landmark move, Albania’s Vjosa River will become a national park ([link removed]) , capping years of work by conservation experts, economists, advocates, and researchers, including IISD, to ensure one of the European continent’s last wild rivers ([link removed]) will become a protected area. What was at stake? Our research shows why ([link removed]) this protection is so important—and what alternatives were under consideration.
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** Fossil Fuel Financing: What the EBRD’s New Methodology Means
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development—one of the major multilateral development banks—faces a key opportunity this year to tighten its restrictions on fossil fuel financing to align with international best practice. We unpack the issues to watch as the bank revises its Energy Sector Strategy ([link removed]) .
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** How Multilateral Development Banks Are Helping Close the Climate Finance Gap
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The IPCC Synthesis Report makes clear that one of the key barriers to climate change adaptation is insufficient mobilization of financing, particularly in developing economies. Find out how multilateral development banks (MDBs) are helping close this gap ([link removed]) , drawing from examples in three countries.
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