International Institute for Sustainable Development

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.