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- “When these treaties were negotiated, nobody thought they would be used like this.” Nathalie Bernasconi, VP at @iisd.org, told @corcorancamille.bsky.social that oligarchs’ use of investment treaties to challenge #natsec sanctions constitutes a misuse of treaties: www.landclimate.org/oligarchs-in...
- Join us for a webinar on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Land Management. Organized with @iisd.org and UNU-VIE, to explore case studies and best practices to ensure a surge in renewable energy generation. 🗓28 Jan ⏰09:00 NYC / 15:00 Bonn Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- The 2025 #ProductionGap report found 🌏 gov'ts plan to produce 2x more fossil fuels by 2030 than is consistent with 1.5°C. In @africa.theconversation.com, IISD's @olivier-bvk.bsky.social & Bathandwa Vazi discuss key findings from Nigeria & South Africa. theconversation.com/nigeria-and-...
- 📣New Research | Energy subsidies in #SouthAfrica have become structural & costly. In FY 2025, they totalled ZAR 198 billion, with direct support for fossil fuels tripling to ZAR 110 billion since 2018. Read our full analysis: iisd.org/publications/digita…
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- 💻 Who benefits from the digital economy? In our 🆕 Trade & Sustainability Review, Kitrhona Cerri & Maria Mexi show how industrial policy—through data governance, labour protections & value capture—can ensure #Digitalization delivers inclusive growth. 🔗 www.iisd.org/articles/pol...
- 📣 How did #energy policies shift in 2025? Drawing on our work in 5️⃣ countries, here are some of our 2025 headlines for Canada, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and the UK: 🧵1/6
- What does #IndustrialPolicy look like in a services-driven economy? In @iisd.org's latest #Trade & #Sustainability Review, Pierre Sauvé highlights how smart policy-making can create conditions for services to flourish & drive economy-wide growth. 🔗: www.iisd.org/articles/pol...
- Upcoming 📣 In early February, delegates to #IPBES12 are expected to deliver a new methodological assessment focused on the impacts and dependencies of #business on #biodiversity What to expect ➡️ enb.iisd.org/intergovernm... @ipbes.net #KMGBF
- Expanding clean energy—not new pipelines—is Canada's best answer to U.S. plans to refine and sell Venezuelan crude oil. This is a moment for Canada to get off the oil market roller-coaster & double down on renewables, IISD’s Philip Gass explains 👇 www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/07/n...
- 💻 What’s the latest on #ECommerce talks at the @wto.org? Our 🆕 report reviews efforts to advance plurilateral #JSI e-commerce rules, multilateral developments—specifically the e-commerce moratorium—and key considerations for developing countries. 🔗: www.iisd.org/publications...
- 📚 The latest #Trade & #Sustainability Review looks beyond manufacturing to examine how #IndustrialPolicy is shaping service-led economies, digitalization, agriculture, least-developed countries & policy-making processes. 🔗 Read it here: www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
- 📣What Energy Stories Shaped 2025? ⚡ From the landmark opinion by the International Court of Justice to G20 & G7 leaders shifting away from fossil fuel subsidy reform commitments. Here are some of the energy trends and developments from the past year: 🧵1/6
- 🔎What were the headline trends in oil & gas exploration in 2025? ➡️Egypt + Brazil licensed new fields with the largest estimated reserves. ➡️U.S. + China spent the most on new exploration. ➡️Exploration rose since 2020, but is below its 2000s peak. 🆕 #CarbonMinefields: www.iisd.org/publications...
- Half of India’s electricity capacity in 2025 came from non‑fossil sources. Yet fossil fuels receive 5X more public 💰 than clean energy, while subsidies ⚠️strain public finances, ⚠️crowd out investment in cleaner technologies. iisd.org/publications/report…
- Looking for extra fiscal space in 2026? An inventory of fossil fuel subsidies can help! 5-steps to get started! 1️⃣Whole of gov't approach 2️⃣Comprehensive scope & definition 3️⃣Appropriate method to measure subsidies 4️⃣Environmental & socio-economic lens 5️⃣Regular updates 📗 www.iisd.org/publications...
- 🌊 Last week, @iisd.org & #PapuaNewGuinea National Trade Office led a workshop to review the country's self-assessment to prepare to implement the @wto.org #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement. Florencia Sarmiento outlined disciplines, introduced IISD’s tool & shared updates on negotiations. /1
- In November, #Canada & #Alberta announced a framework for a new pipeline—but is this in the public interest? Lessons from TMX warn projects should be assessed for economic & environmental risks + need consultation with Indigenous Peoples. Learn more 👇 iisd.org/articles/dee...
- #ISDS allows firms to avoid accountability for environmental or social damages caused by their investment projects while draining squeezed public finances, our @jostransky.bsky.social says in @insideclimatenews.org piece on latest twists in Chevron v Ecuador 👇 insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...
- #India needs affordable energy solutions that deliver 24/7 reliable power. Firm & Dispatchable Renewable Energy can supply clean electricity, boost #EnergySecurity, & reach cost parity with new thermal by 2030 New Report: iisd.org/publications/report…
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- Emissions from #LNG Canada Phase 1 and 2 are expected to be equal to adding 900,000 cars to the road. Expanding LNG in Canada won't lower domestic emissions + is not a climate solution for trading partners abroad. 🆕 explainer: www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
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- 📅 Join our upcoming webinar! On December 12, @iisd.org will host a webinar providing an overview of the @wto.org's work on #ECommerce ahead of #MC14 – including the #WTO’s multilateral work & plurilateral negotiations. 🔗 Register now: buff.ly/N5z80wp
- #G20 leaders failed to recommit to their fossil fuel subsidy reform pledge this year—where do countries go from here? Outside the Group, coalitions like COFFIS & CETP are showing that shifting public financial flows is not only possible but practical. www.iisd.org/articles/ins...
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- #Breaking | The Gov't of the UK has adopted a policy to ban new oil and gas exploration. 👏 With this plan—which includes just transition elements for workers & communities—the UK becomes the 🌎's largest producer so far to end new licensing. 🧵1/4 @nataliejones.bsky.social
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- Cooking with polluting fuels carries significant health & climate risks with women & the poor most impacted. Ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit, new research finds shifting #CleanCooking support from LPG to electric can ⬇️ the subsidies burden & support energy transitions. www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
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- Scientific‑empirical evidence shows #NatureBasedSolutions like oyster reefs enhance #muddy coastal resilience by attenuating hydrodynamic energy, stabilizing soft‑sediment shorelines, supporting biodiversity, a powerful dimension of #CoastalProtection relevant to archipelagic state Fiji. @iisd.org
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- Our recent policy brief by @fcalvo.bsky.social on strengthening climate-resilient food systems in least-developed countries is featured in the latest edition of #WTO News Harvest 👉 bit.ly/3XyABk8 👀Read the brief here: www.iisd.org/publications...
- 📣Tomorrow at #COP30—Shifting public 💰 from fossil fuels➡️clean energy can demonstrate real progress for a just energy transition. @cop30brazil.bsky.social, joins the ETC, COFFIS, & CETP for a closer look at policy reform & clean energy investment. Learn more: www.iisd.org/events/cop-3...
- When it comes to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, gov'ts must adopt plans grounded in country-specific realities. Our 🆕 guidance note offers a framework to support governments in developing credible FFS phase-out plans. iisd.org/publications/guide/…
- 🌎 #ISDS can undermine climate commitments—including those being negotiated at #COP30. At a #COP30 side event, IISD's Anne Hammill urged a two-track response: plurilateral carve-outs to protect climate policies & long-term structural reform of old investment treaties.
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- 📣Today, the Government of Canada declared the Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (#LNG) project to be of national interest. Projects like Ksi Lisims, which will come online when global supply is expected to outpace demand, pose economic and climate risks. 🧵1/6 #CdnPoli
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- South Africa’s just energy transition plans risk leaving communities behind—unless they are deliberately included in the planning & implementation process. 🆕 research finds a truly just transition depends on relationships—built through listening & co-creation. Report: www.iisd.org/publications...
