Climate Policy Expert Calls Lack of Money “Elephant in the Room” at Climate Finance Meeting
The Green Climate Fund was established to provide money for climate adaptations to developing countries
Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire
The World Bank is phasing out of coal and ramping up support for “fracked” natural gas, even though research suggests that climate impacts of fracking may be even worse than coal.
Carbon Blood Money in Honduras
The violence playing out in Honduras shows the dark underbelly of the international carbon credit trade.
National Conference Call: Citizens Climate Lobby
Please join the CCL when Co-Director of IPS’ Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN) is the featured guest speaker.
Seven Innovative Mechanisms of Development Finance
As governments look for new options for public revenue stream, this table by IPS Global Economy project director Sarah Anderson shows which options can be considered, their potential revenue, and their administrative and political feasibility.
The No-Doctrine President
Bush had a doctrine, Nixon had a doctrine, even Jimmy Carter had a doctrine. Why doesn’t Obama?
UN Panel to be a Dangerous Disappointment
How much money is on the table to combat climate change, where it comes from and how it flows will be at the heart of global climate negotiations at the end of this year in Cancun.
Carbon Finance: Focus on the World Bank and International Offsets
World Bank: Climate Profiteer
The World Bank irresponsibly and recklessly continues to perpetuate the world’s dependence on climate-altering fossil fuels while profiting from carbon trading, a dubious remedy to climate change.
The World Banks Carbon Deals
As it outsources emissions cuts, the World Bank is dealing from both ends of the climate change deck.