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World Bank, Climate Change and Energy Financing: Something Old. Something New?
In April, 2011, we co-authored a report with Groundwork and Friends of the Earth on energy financing at the World...
Cutting Edge Energy from Estuaries?
Battery-operated electric vehicles are cutting CO2 emissions and raising awareness of our transportation carbon footprint. Recent cutting edge research now...
Climate Funds to Underwrite the World Bank’s Love Affair with Big Dams?
Climate funds such as the Prototype Carbon Fund and the European carbon market prioritize support for renewable energy technologies, and...
World Bank Would Restrain Finance for Coal Power in Energy Strategy Draft
The World Bank is considering limiting its financing of coal-fired power plants to the poorest countries as part of a...
Comments on the Role of Hydropower in the World Bank's Energy Strategy
Dams and Climate Change The World Bank Energy Strategy incorrectly argues that hydropower is an appropriate response to climate change....
World Bank Energy Strategy Promotes Large Dams
Large hydropower projects have sold poor people and the environment down the river. They are usually built to provide benefits...
Yesterday’s Technologies a Bad Match for Tomorrow’s Problems
World Bank Energy Strategy: Yesterday’s Technologies a Bad Match for Tomorrow’s Problems Berkeley, California – In a time of climate...
Creativity Shines on Day of Action for Rivers
International Day of Action for Rivers events made front page news around the world this week, here’s just some...
Drawing Lessons from Dams and Displacement
"Art goes around our neatly arranged arguments. Art allows us to see beauty, feel joy and anger. Art doesn't follow...
The Final Countdown to March 14
The call to action has gone out far and wide, whispers have spread from Mexico to Colombia, crossing oceans to...