What's new in sustainable development

How the Global Minimum Tax Can Support Sustainable Investment

With countries worldwide moving to enforce a 15% minimum corporate tax rate, policy-makers face an urgent need to rethink existing fiscal and investment strategies in special economic zones. Our policy brief explores the process of reviewing and optimizing tax incentives for countries to capture revenue and improve the climate for sustainable investment. Join our webinar on July 18 to learn more.

Ugandan Reforestation Plan’s USD 70 Million Benefits

In Kasese, southwestern Uganda, climate change and deforestation are causing increasing floods, landslides, and heat risks, displacing more than 10,000 people. We assess how a comprehensive plan for reforesting 30,270 hectares of land can make the community more resilient while bringing new jobs, health benefits, and increased biodiversity.

New Tool Empowers Businesses to Make Food Systems Sustainable

The Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI) Tool for Agribusiness helps business leaders put principles into practice in the drive to improve sustainability in agri-food systems.

Inside the WTO's E-Commerce Negotiations

WTO members are racing to finish drafting the first baseline trade agreement for e-commerce. Our latest report explains what’s in the agreement, the issues that remain, and the potential benefits and challenges for developing countries.

Copper Supply Is Central to India’s Clean Energy Technologies

India's burgeoning infrastructure—spanning from building construction to expanding transportation networks and power grids—is predicated upon a steady supply of copper. Swasti Raizada and Tom Moerenhout explore challenges and the way forward.

Reliance on Fossil Fuels Is Driving Inflation in Canada

Inflation in Canada soared to 8.1% in June 2022, the highest level in 40 years—significantly driven by skyrocketing oil and gas prices. In a new report, expert Jessica Kelly explains how Canada’s dependence on fossil fuels impacts everyday needs, including transportation, housing, heating, and food, turning affordability into a challenge for Canadians.

Making the Case for Building with Nature

Designed to empower investors, policy-makers, infrastructure planners, and other stakeholders to evaluate the economic performance and co-benefits of NBI, the Nature-Based Infrastructure Global Resource Centre's 5-week course demonstrates how to make the investment case for building with nature. Register for your place.

How Sustainability Standards Help Kenya's Flower Sector Flourish

Our new case study explores how Kenya’s experiences aligning public and private standards in the flower industry can help transform sustainability efforts in agricultural value chains.

Tax Initiative Helps Governments Collect Critical Minerals Revenues

Many developing countries continue to struggle with revenue collection from mining while facing pressure to extract more critical minerals for the energy transition. Speaking to Triple Pundit, IGF Mining expert Thomas Lassourd explains how IISD is helping ensure benefits are shared fairly in the global mining sector.

How to Make Damages in ISDS Cases Less Damaging

The level of damages that states have to pay following investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims—often based on skewed calculation methods—is one of the most controversial aspects of investment arbitration. The headline piece in the new edition of IISD’s sustainable investment journal proposes a new, fairer method to calculate damages ahead of the upcoming UN session on ISDS reform, where the issue is a key agenda item.

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