Newsroom Media Coverage View IISD's latest media coverage from around the world. Press Media Coverage What's new in sustainable development Recent news coverage about IISD Displaying 1 - 20 of 2043 Nations are exiting a secretive system that protects corporations Bolivia was the first nation to begin leaving a legal system that allows foreign companies to sue governments behind closed doors. Now, other countries are following. IISD in the news Inside Climate News January 8, 2025 UK must cut ECT legacy to become green superpower A novel agreement could tackle Energy Charter Treaty claims and boost post-Brexit EU ties, writes IISD's Lukas Schaugg. IISD in the news fDi Intelligence January 7, 2025 Nations Are Exiting a Secretive System That Protects Corporations—One Country's Story Shows How Hard That Can Be Bolivia was the first nation to begin leaving a legal system that allows foreign companies to sue governments behind closed doors. Now, other countries are following. IISD in the news Inside Climate News December 22, 2024 Costly modules drag India's solar deployment The higher cost module in India has slowed down the country's deployment of solar energy projects between 2024 and 2026, according to IISD. IISD in the news AsianPower December 20, 2024 India's offshore wind faces 12-year wait for grid parity Amidst offshore wind opportunities in India, a study by IISD showed that it may take at least 12 years to reach grid parity. IISD in the news AsianPower December 20, 2024 Developed countries spent more on fossil fuel subsidies in 2023 than new climate finance package An analysis by IISD showed that government support for fossil fuels reached at least USD 1.5 trillion in 2023, the second-highest annual total on record, after 2022 when the Russia-Ukraine war triggered a global fossil fuel price crisis. IISD in the news Energyworld December 20, 2024 Could tariffs fight climate change? Canada and the U.S. are among those discussing carbon tariffs or carbon border adjustments as a way to protect local industry and achieve climate goals at the same time. But do they work? Where are they being implemented? And what will that do to trade and the cost of living? IISD in the news CBC December 19, 2024 Commission must stop Energy Charter Treaty hijacking EU climate policy The Energy Charter Treaty allows fossil fuel investors to sue EU member states before international arbitral tribunals to challenge climate mitigation measures. This legal mechanism is increasingly weaponized by the industry, IISD's Lukas Schaugg writes. IISD in the news Euractiv December 18, 2024 Climate-vulnerable nations say they deserve better credit ratings Many low-income countries have a low credit rating, if they have one at all. And they are now proposing changes to the rating system as part of global negotiations next year over finance for adapting to climate change. IISD in the news CBC December 12, 2024 As climate change intensifies, vulnerable states seek legal redress against polluters At a landmark hearing Tuesday on climate change law at the United Nation's top court in The Hague, Britain argued that only existing climate treaties should have any bearing on a state's obligations to address the crisis, echoing calls from other big economies. IISD in the news VOA December 10, 2024 Biden Exceeds $100B in Clean Energy Funding, Backs New Deal to End Oil and Gas Export Financing With the weeks ticking down before he leaves the White House, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is picking up the pace on clean energy financing, while getting serious about blocking tens of billions of dollars in export financing for oil and gas that could instead be diverted to the energy transition. IISD in the news The Energy Mix December 9, 2024 Emerging economies set up COP 29 agenda fight over trade measures A group of emerging economies chaired by China has proposed that what they regard as protectionism by developed countries should be discussed formally at the COP 29 climate summit, setting up an "agenda fight" that could disrupt the talks. IISD in the news Climate Home News December 6, 2024 Energy Charter Treaty update fails to solve fundamental issues The updated treaty includes slightly more climate-friendly provisions but extends support for fossil fuel-adjacent activities such as carbon capture, hydrogen, and biomass. IISD in the news Sustainable Views December 6, 2024 Big polluters fear UN court case will fuel compensation demands As a landmark climate change case reached its halfway mark Friday at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, clear divisions have emerged over whether nation states can be held legally liable for global warming under international human rights laws. IISD in the news VOA December 6, 2024 The double-standard in investor-state dispute settlements Countries, especially those in the Global South, have signed investment treaties to lure foreign investors. These treaties often contain investor-state dispute settlement provisions that lead to governments being sued by foreign investors. IISD in the news Africa Finance Today November 29, 2024 How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can't seem to quit In 2022, as Japan grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic and the fallout from the Ukraine war, the government rolled out subsidies for petroleum, gas and electricity as short-term measures. As 2024 enters its home stretch, those subsidies are still being renewed or extended—putting a drag on the country's decarbonization push in the process. IISD in the news The Japan Times November 24, 2024 Concern as climate talks stalls on fossil fuels pledge The failure of UN climate negotiations to double down on a global pledge to move away from planet-heating fossil fuels on Sunday was decried by experts as a "worrying" setback to global progress on curbing warming. IISD in the news AFP November 24, 2024 How do you define climate adaptation? Here are 10,000 ways At COP 29, a decade-long effort to realize the ambitions of the Paris Agreement could give the world a way to measure the success of climate adaptation. IISD in the news Grist November 21, 2024 Negotiating item that caused agenda fight at COP 29 continues to draw divergent views A key negotiating item that delayed the adoption of the agenda on day one of COP 29 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change continues to draw divergent views from countries. The divergence in views is largely about the mandate of the United Arab Emirates dialogue on implementing the global stocktake outcomes. IISD in the news Down to Earth November 20, 2024 Coalition against fossil fuel subsidies expands but misses initial targets The UK, Colombia, and New Zealand have signed on to a coalition of governments aiming to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, joining 13 other mainly European nations in the alliance. IISD's Vance Culbert said that half a dozen more countries—including "a few larger economy developing countries"—are talking privately to them about joining too. IISD in the news Climate Home News November 19, 2024 Pagination « First ‹ Previous Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 … Next › Last »