Sustainable Energy and Economy Network

The Sustainable Energy and Economy Network works in partnership with citizens groups nationally and globally on environment, human rights and development issues with a particular focus on energy, climate change, environmental justice, gender equity, and economic issues, particularly as these play out in North-South relations.

The Story of Cap and Trade

The Story of Cap & Trade looks at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. The staff of IPS' Sustainable Energy and Economy Network assisted with the script for this fast-paced, fact-filled video. If you've heard about cap and trade, but aren't sure how it works (or who benefits), watch this film or read this op-ed by IPS Fellow, Daphne Wysham.

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Recent Work

Op-Ed
A Recipe for Climate Action
January 16, 2012 - Just a pinch of fear can go a long way. By Janet Redman, published in Straight Goods and Progressive Charlestown (RI)

Blog
Durban Diary: The Waiting Game
December 9, 2011 - As the doors on government meetings swing shut, Janet ponders whether our future will be one of ecological stability or planetary chaos. By Janet Redman

Blog
Durban Diary: Climate Reality Check
December 8, 2011 - What we need in Durban is a commitment to complete the mandate that already exists. Countries must deliver a renewed Kyoto Protocol, and effective Green Climate Fund, and substantial money to fill it. By Janet Redman

Interview
[VIDEO] What Happened to the Urgency about Climate Change?
December 7, 2011 - This edition of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change lacks the sense of urgency that was visible on years past. On this interview with the Real News Network, we discuss the repercussions of turning away from the future of our planet. By Daphne Wysham

Media Advisory
Key Countries, Organizations Call For Innovative Sources of Finance
December 6, 2011 - At a press conference in Durban, South Africa, officials from a diverse set of countries will join civil society leaders to call for innovative sources of finance, including a tax on financial transactions and a fee on emissions from maritime shipping, to be part of a deal in Durban which raises billions of dollars to help fill the Green Climate Fund.

Blog
Durban Diary: Dispatch from the Ground
December 6, 2011 - As UN climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa, go into their final week, Janet Redman, co-director of IPS's Sustainable Energy & Economy Network, provides a quick update on the talks. By Janet Redman

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Download America Is Not Broke
- Released November 21, 2011
America Is Not Broke
By Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh

This report challenges the premise that America is broke. In fact, we argue that the current fiscal challenge poses an opportunity to harness our ample but misdirected resources in ways that will make the country stronger.
Download Fair and Effective Climate Finance
Download Fair and Effective Climate Finance
Download Financiamiento del Clima Justo y Eficaz
Download Un Financement Climatique Equitable et Efficace
- Released September 1, 2010
Fair and Effective Climate Finance

When developed countries signed the UN Climate Convention in 1992 they recognized their responsibility for emitting the vast majority of planet-warming greenhouse gases. Consequently, in recognition of this “climate debt”, the Convention requires them to take a lead in cutting pollution, and to provide the finance and technology needed by less industrialized countries to overcome the adverse impacts of climate change, and to chart a more sustainable pathway than that set by industrialized countries. It’s time to meet these responsibilities.
Download Taxing the Wall Street Casino
- Released June 17, 2010
Taxing the Wall Street Casino
By Sarah Anderson, Chuck Collins, Scott Klinger, Janet Redman, Kevin Shih

Very small taxes on trades of stock, derivatives, currency, and other financial instruments would help curb speculation and generate massive revenues for urgent needs. This report looks at how such taxes could’ve made a difference if they’d been in place before recent financial fiascos, such as the May 6 stock market “flash crash.” It also rebuts common arguments against the tax.

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January 31, 2012

Red Pepper Magazine
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Canada, Russia and Japan confirmed their intention to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, while ‘the remaining countries (New Zealand, Australia, and EU members) pushed their favourite loopholes and exceptions’, says Janet Redman of the Washington-based Institute of Policy Studies, as a result of which ‘it’s hard to see what the use would be of enforcing the treaty anyway.’
January 30, 2012

KBOO-FM 90.7
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Janet Redman speaks with Bill Resnick of KBOO about the hopes and failures of the Durban Climate Summit, and where to go from here: "One thing we were all hoping... is that okay, this is important, leaders are having to recognize that climate change is real and happening, we're going to see some shift at the international levels," said Redman. "And what happened was very dissapointing. In fact it was astonishingly disappointing."
January 29, 2012

The Federal Times features report “America Is Not Broke”
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The Institute for Policy Studies puts the savings from overseas base closures as high as $184 billion over 10 years.
January 21, 2012

Progressive Charlestown (RI) features article “A Recipe for Climate Action”
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January 16, 2012

Straight Goods features article “A Recipe for Climate Action”
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December 20, 2011

Between The Lines
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December 14, 2011

Links (Australia)
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“What some see as inaction is in fact a demonstration of the palpable failure of our current economic system to address economic, social or environmental crises”, said Janet Redman, of the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies. “Banks that caused the financial crisis are now making bonanza profits speculating on our planet’s future. The financial sector, driven into a corner, is seeking a way out by developing ever newer commodities to prop up a failing system.”
December 12, 2011

Independent Online (South Africa)
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Janet Redman, of the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies, said: “What some see as inaction is in fact a demonstration of the palpable failure of our current economic system to address economic, social or environmental crises.

“Banks that caused the financial crisis are now making bonanza profits speculating on our planet’s future. The financial sector, driven into a corner, is seeking a way out by developing ever newer commodities to prop up a failing system.”
December 2, 2011

The Dedham (MA) Transcript features article “A Blizzard of Bad Climate News”
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December 1, 2011

Democracy for America TV features report “America Is Not Broke”
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A Democracy for America panel discussion of the Institute for Policy Studies report "America is Not Broke -- How to Pay for the Crisis While Making the Country More Equitable, Green, and Secure" (www.ips-dc.org) detailing 24 policy suggestions to secure $824 billion of deficit reduction every year.