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Challenging Gender Discriminatory Norms, Practices, and Beliefs in Sub-Saharan Africa

2 months ago | iisd.org | Dire Dawa

“Before the training, we didn’t know if our men could be engaged in a domestic role, such as cooking and baking.
Good COP? Bad COP?: Food systems at COP29 | International Institute for Sustainable Development

Dec 10, 2024 | iisd.org | Claire McConnell

The 29th United Nations Climate Conference (COP 29) in Baku failed to build on the notable progress made on food systems at COP 28. However, it wasn't all doom and gloom.
Compensation and Damages in Investor-State Dispute Settlement | International Institute for Sustainable Development

Sep 19, 2024 | iisd.org | Josef Ostransky |Christopher Imler

This report provides policy reform options to address the growing issue of damages awards in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS).
INC-4 Is an Opportunity to Address Fresh Water Pollution - This is how

Apr 16, 2024 | iisd.org | Michael Rennie

Fresh water is vitally important to everyone. It’s the water we drink and use to hydrate our agricultural lands and livestock. It’s the water in our communities' ponds, lakes, and wetlands. Every year, more plastic is being released into these environments, including microplastics, even in the most remote freshwater environments, and the North American Great Lakes, where 90% of water samples had microplastics levels surpassing safe levels for aquatic wildlife.
What Is the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience, and How Can Countries Move It Forward? | International Institute for Sustainable Development

Feb 15, 2024 | iisd.org | Emilie Beauchamp

With the introduction of the new framework for the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), COP 28 marked a milestone for adaptation. We unpack key outputs and set out how countries can move forward by strengthening their national monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems.
We Are on Course for a Very Dangerous Amount of Warming-But There Is Still Time to Change Course

Dec 8, 2023 | iisd.org | Greg Muttitt |Harry Cockburn

On Monday 3 December, an event at the COP 28 conference highlighted findings from the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP)'s Emissions Gap Report 2023. As well as revealing the scale of the disparity between current emissions trajectories and the targets set out under the Paris Agreement, this year's report warns that the world is heading for a temperature rise of about 3C by the end of the century unless countries now deliver more than they have already promised to tackle climate change.
We Are on Course for a Very Dangerous Amount of Warming-But There Is Still Time to Change Course

Dec 8, 2023 | iisd.org | Greg Muttitt |Harry Cockburn

On Monday, December 3, an event at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) conference highlighted findings from United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) Emissions Gap Report 2023.
How Can We Transform Food Systems to Meet Food, Nutrition, and Climate Needs?

Nov 27, 2023 | iisd.org | Livia Bizikova

The need for food systems transformation (FST) is gaining recognition across the world. In July, the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment served as the first global follow-up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, which was intended to accelerate FST as a driver of the global 2030 Agenda.
Policy Coherence and Food Systems Transformation

Oct 16, 2023 | iisd.org | Livia Bizikova

This article is republished with permission from Rural21. The original article was published on October 9, 2023. In 2021, the United Nations Secretary-General convened the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) to advance progress on food systems transformation and towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As part of this process, over 100 countries submitted their collaboratively-developed national pathways for food systems transformation.
Working with Countries to Move Beyond GDP

Sep 20, 2023 | iisd.org | Livia Bizikova |Zakaria Zoundi |Robert Smith

Some of the points stressed in the brief reinforce the conclusions of IISD’s work on expanded wealth measures to complement GDP in three countries—Indonesia, Ethiopia and Trinidad and Tobago. IISD is working closely with economic experts and researchers from universities in each of the three countries to develop expanded wealth measures to complement GDP. Our work reflects and reinforces the Secretary-General’s call to complement GDP in several ways.