This briefing reviews the state of the existing forest carbon market as well as the costs and benefits of a carbon offset approach for developing countries, indigenous peoples and local communities to inform policy debates at the Durban climate talks. Des
How can the World Bank Group lead on climate finance without an energy strategy to decarbonize its lending portfolio?
This report provides recommendations for minimizing the environmental risks associated with polar shipping.
Carbon trading systems are complex, and the more complex they are, the easier they are to manipulate
This report highlights our concerns with using synthetic biology to develop next-generation fuels. Synthetic biology is a dangerous, untested, unregulated technology that threatens the environment and public health.
Green Scissors 2010 identifies more than $200 billion in wasteful government spending that is damaging to the environment and harmful to consumers.
This June 2010 report by Friends of the Earth U.S. examines the various, and often contradictory, roles the World Bank is playing in relation to global efforts to address the climate crisis
This guide outlines ten different ways in which schemers can game carbon trading systems and shows how markets contaminated with carbon offsets are especially prone to corruption and fraud.
A report examining how the bioufels industry finances Congressional champions in thier re-election bids and how much money the industry spends on lobbying.
This groundbreaking report rigorously examines claims that nanotechnology will allow for continued economic growth and resource use while minimizing environmental impacts, showing that to date nanotechnology has failed to make good on these promises.