With 5 years left to meet the 2030 Paris Agreement and #SDGs, #IUCN2025 comes at a pivotal moment. Our expert, Alec Crawford, explains the importance of this year’s congress and work being done at all levels, from policy to community-led adaptation and #NatureBasedSolutions. 👇

The @wto.org Agreement on #FisheriesSubsidies explained 🐟 What does the agreement cover? And what do governments need to put in place? Learn more below👇 1/10

🌾 How can trade deliver for #Agriculture? If you have any ideas, come share them at a session for the #Trade + #Sustainability Hub 2026 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, held alongside the @wto.org #MC14. Apply before October 31, 2025 ➡️ iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...

Our experts are at #IUCNCongress in Abu Dhabi! We're cohosting a side event with Parks Canada, From Cities to Parks: Nature-based solutions for climate resilience. Join us to hear the highlights from implementing two #NbS projects. See our events list: https://bit.ly/46Tmz0J

What does #LNG expansion mean for Canadian households & businesses? Join experts from @americanprogress.bsky.social, @australiainstitute.org.au, & @pembina.org as they share insights from the U.S. & Australia + how these cases can inform Canadian policy. Register: www.iisd.org/events/econo...

🏦 Next week, IISD Debt experts @yanneho.bsky.social and Fernando Morra will be at the 2025 World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings. Find here and follow the agenda 👉 www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/...

📅 Join us on October 9 for the second session of our webinar series with @clientearth.bsky.social exploring ongoing multilateral reform of #investment legal frameworks—investment treaties and contracts—and #ISDS. Register now ➡️ https://bit.ly/4mcV3AR

Today, the Government of Manitoba released its climate strategy, Manitoba’s Path to Net Zero. It embraces the shift to an innovative, affordable, low-carbon economy, built through meaningful partnerships with Indigenous Peoples. All Manitobans stand to benefit. 1/5

When Canadians reflect on a summer of oppressive heat and wildfires, weak governance probably isn’t top of mind. But it should be. The federal gov't must remain committed to ensuring #ClimateChange adaptation actions and investments are taken forward 👉 https://bit.ly/46Bdo6s

🎥 What was said about #Agriculture at this year’s @wto.org #PublicForum? @fcalvo.bsky.social notes that the connection between agriculture & digitalization was a hot topic during the two-day event, with a key challenge to ensure these technologies reach farmers. Learn more 👇

Over 20 years of the Global Subsidies Initiative, we’ve achieved a lot and learned more. At #WTOPublicForum, we held a panel with speakers from across organizations, where they reflected on achievements, challenges, and new opportunities for progress. Key takeaways 🔑: https://bit.ly/4pV7JQi

We’re saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall. Her work, wisdom, and grace inspired many of us to connect more deeply with the natural world and fight for its protection.

It’s clear: A strong economy that preserves the environment is at the heart of #SustDev. But how do we get there? IISD is convening global policy experts to better understand the recent surge in government interventions in the industrial sector. Learn more below 🎥 👇

✅ Submissions for the #TradeSustainabilityHub2026 are OPEN! Taking place on March 26-28 in Yaoundé, the Hub runs alongside the @wto.org’s #MC14. Themes include: 🌾 Agricultural trade 🌍 Low-carbon global economy 💻 Digitized industrialization 🚨 Apply now: iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...

📣NEW REPORT: Up to 78% of international public fossil fuel finance was slashed by Clean Energy Transition Partnership signatories in 2024 vs pre-CETP levels. Coordinated international action on climate can deliver rapid results. More 🔎 www.iisd.org/publications...

@iisd.org's Rashmi Jose on #DigitalTrade conversations at the @wto.org's Public Forum. 👇

🚨Happening tomorrow! Session proposals open for the #TradeSustainabilityHub2026, happening in Yaoundé, Cameroon, alongside the @wto.org ’s Fourteenth Ministerial Conference #MC14. Check this space tomorrow at 8 a.m. WAT / 9 a.m. CET to submit your proposal: iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...

"Investor convictions, as it turns out, aren’t often in the best interests of the planet – at least not in the long run." Read IISD expert Jessica Kelly's @theglobeandmail.com op-ed on how PM Carney can upgrade his Brexit-era climate finance strategy: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Green trade can work for everyone 🤝 🌍 Bringing trade and green industrial policies together can be a challenge, especially in times of uncertainty, but our trade and #GreenTransition expert, @ibarsauskaite.bsky.social, sees positive movement. Hear her #ClimateWeekNYC insights. 👇

1/ 🐟 Why the WTO Agreement on #FisheriesSubsidies matters, and what it means for countries that have ratified it. We break it down below. 👇

1/ A wave of momentum is building for global cooperation on water. 🌊 At #UNGA80, President and CEO @patriciafuller.bsky.social joined leaders from around the world to discuss key priorities leading up to the 2026 UN Water Conference.

📅 Dès le 1er octobre 2025, proposez votre session pour le #TradeSustainabilityHub2026 à Yaoundé, Cameroun, parallèlement à #MC14 de l’OMC. Ne manquez pas l’occasion de participer à d’importantes discussions sur le commerce mondial. 🌍 🔗: iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...

📅 One week to go! Starting October 1, 2025, you can submit your session proposal for the #TradeSustainabilityHub2026 in Yaoundé, Cameroon alongside the @wto.org’s #MC14. Don’t miss the chance to shape these important global trade conversations! 🌍 🔗: iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...

🎥 What were the key takeaways from last week’s #WTOPublicForum? @alicetipping.bsky.social explains that excitement surrounded the entry into force of the @wto.org Fisheries Subsidies Agreement, but concerns are rising about the growing politicization of trade policy. Catch her insights 👇

🎬 And that’s a wrap on this year’s @wto.org #PublicForum! Our experts led & participated in several sessions under the theme "Enhance, create, and preserve," diving into how #digital transformations are reshaping the global economy. See highlights below 👇

🗣️NEW: #ProductionGap report shows that governments’ #FossilFuel production plans & projections would lead to: 🪨 500% more coal 🛢 31% more oil 🔥 92% more gas in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Find out more: https://bit.ly/46AgJBe

How can countries’ tax incentives be reformed to attract investment in renewables and green technologies? Our new publication sets out steps for governments to prosper in the green economy through promoting people- and planet-friendly investment: https://bit.ly/4gBIxd1

What do trade disruptions and tariffs mean for the climate? 🌎 Our trade and #GreenTransition expert, Ieva Baršauskaitė, participates in Climate Group’s #ClimateWeekNYC panel, “What’s Next for Green Trade in an Evolving Global Landscape?” Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Vk7mR2

We've been at the @unwgbhr.bsky.social Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum and one phrase kept coming up: due diligence. But what does it actually mean? Our policy analyst @rupalverma.bsky.social breaks it down 👇

World leaders are in New York next week for the opening of #UNGA80. 🗽 Eight decades after its founding, the UN is confronting urgent calls for reform. Learn more about the key issues to watch 👀: iisd.org/articles/exp... 📷: @enb.iisd.org

“In global trade everything is impossible until it’s not” – Julia Nielson added highlighting the importance of #InternationalCooperation – “someone has to step away first and it’s easier when you do it together.”

🗣️"The role of organizations such as IISD is to shine the light, show the numbers, show where the money is going, and show the alternatives. But it’s not just the data but also the dialogue – asking the key questions - who pays, who benefits." —Julia Nielson, @oecd-ocde.bsky.social

H.E. Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, Ambassador of Brazil to the WTO explains, "Wealthier countries are coming back to subsidisation to become greener, reduce emissions, move from fossil fuels to renewables. Developing countries can’t do this...We should review the existing agreements."

"We desperately need subsidy rules reformed at the WTO...The #FisheriesAgreement wouldn’t happen without civil society pressure. The have key role in supporting us with research and with mobilising political will." —Myrto Zambarta, European Commission.

Mark explains more about #GSI's vision from the start in a recent interview with @iisd.org: 👇 iisd.org/articles/exp...

Mark Halle, NatureFinance, explains, "We came to the conclusion that subsidy reform is an art and a science. Science- because you need robust data. But once you’ve done that you need to understand the political economy of policy reform – who are the losers and winners."

"We established the Global Subsidies Initiative to put a spotlight on one of the most powerful policy tools that gov'ts have. This anniversary is a moment to pause & reflect on what has worked & what haven't." —Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, @iisd.org Vice-President.

📣Today at the #WTOPublicForum we are celebrating 20 yrs of IISD’s Global Subsidies Initiative! Launched in 2005, GSI aims to ⬆️transparency 🤝support gov’ts in designing & implementing subsidy reforms 🌎build coalitions & political momentum for global subsidy reform #20YearsGSI

⏰In 1hr—With 🇨🇦’s first #LNG export terminal open in #BC and more to come, what should Canadians know about int’l markets? Join Europe & Asia energy experts for a closer look at the long-term trends & learn why LNG falls short on energy security: https://bit.ly/3JYG1BC

📢 "Oil majors sue Dutch government over closure of major gas field." Listen to @iisd.org's @lschaugg.bsky.social on @theworld.org ➡️on Exxon/Shell's investor-state claim against Netherlands and why urgent #reform of the #ISDS system is needed to protect #ClimateAction👇 theworld.org/segments/202...

As the global economy undergoes a profound green transformation, an important policy revolution is underway. 🌍 In our new deep dive, we brought experts together to better understand the obstacles standing in the way and to identify possible solutions: https://bit.ly/4n2nPFL

Billions in public money for #LNG projects in Canada are not widely reported. In a new report, @energy.iisd.org outlines the scale of this support, emphasizing transparency is the first step to reforming fossil fuel subsidies. Learn more: www.iisd.org/publications...

Tomorrow—By 2030, 🇨🇦 will provide an estimated 3.9B in public support to LNG, hoping to ⬆️ exports to European & Asian markets. Yet, experts warn demand is uncertain. Don’t miss this webinar with speakers from @ieefainstitute.bsky.social, @umwelthilfe.bsky.social & IISD: www.iisd.org/events/Canad...

📣 Join our trade team at the @wto.org #PublicForum! Tomorrow, @alicetipping.bsky.social moderates the session, ‘Agriculture and Trade Disruptors’, on how #Agriculture can adapt to #Trade disruptors & the role of the #WTO. 🔗: www.wto.org/english/foru... [1/2]

At IISD, we translate policy into practice. But we can’t do it alone—our partners around the 🌍 are 🔑. For the next 5 years, we’ll be deepening these partnerships, especially with Global South orgs, and focusing on five areas of sustainable development: bit.ly/4n6QxW8

📣This week—What could Canada's #LNG exports mean for energy security? Join experts from @ieefainstitute.bsky.social, @umwelthilfe.bsky.social, & IISD as they share insights on global LNG market trends & why renewables are the safest path to energy security. Register: www.iisd.org/events/Canad...

🎉 The @WTO #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement is now in force–a big step to curb subsidies threatening #SustDev. But the work isn’t over yet. It’s crucial to implement the agreement & conclude additional rules to #StopFundingOverfishing. 🔗 www.iisd.org/articles/sta...

Gov'ts still pour 💵 into policies that undermine sustainable development. Can this ever be reversed? For Mark Halle, who launched the Global Subsidies Initiative, change often feels impossible—until, suddenly, it isn’t. 🔎 https://bit.ly/4pchV6l #20YearsGSI

🚨 Don't miss @iisd.org's session at #GenevaTradeWeek! On Monday, our #Trade team will explore the surge in #IndustrialPolicies & how governments, businesses and workers are responding to pressures of future green markets. 🔗 Learn more: genevatradeweek.ch/agenda/trade... [1/2]

African countries need $200B annually for the #energytransition by 2030, yet attract only 2-3% of global investments in #renewables Our tax policy expert Kudzai Mataba was at #ACS2 presenting upcoming research analyzing the use of tax incentives to drive investment in #renewables across 35 #EMDEs