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

Commentary
How Did Coal-Rich India End Up With Power Blackouts?
August 24, 2012 - How climate change and Word Bank decisions lead to the crisis. By Daphne Wysham

Commentary
One Reason Behind India's Blackout: World Bank Policies and Neoliberalism
August 1, 2012 - An ideology of neoliberalism foisted on India by the World Bank and IMF was partly to blame for the blackout. By Daphne Wysham

Media Advisory
World Bank played a role in India's flawed energy infrastructure, says expert Daphne Wysham
August 1, 2012 - Expert Available: Daphne Wysham on India’s power outage By Daphne Wysham

Blog
Shell-shocked Again, this Time because of Aurora
July 27, 2012 - For the victims of Colorado's recent tragedy, it's time we get our values straight and face the true costs of our trigger-happy culture. By Vicky Plestis, published in The San Antonio Express-News

Blog
Photo Slideshow: An Act of Art
July 9, 2012 - I joined artist activists in London for a guerilla installation and performance piece at the Tate Modern Museum to protest oil giant BP's involvement in the art community. By Janet Redman

Op-Ed
A Perfect and Hot Storm
July 9, 2012 - It's time to save ourselves from a climate nightmare of our own making. By Daphne Wysham, published in Common Dreams and The Holland (MI) Sentinel and The Gilmer (TX) Mirror

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July 9, 2012

Common Dreams features article “A Perfect and Hot Storm”
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July 3, 2012

Bretton Woods Project
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According to Oscar Reyes of the US think tank Institute for Policy Studies "the largest proportion of the ‘carbon market growth’ is accounted for by a change in how the World Bank counts the figures."
June 27, 2012

Uprising Radio
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June 22, 2012

The (Easton, MD) Star Democrat features article “The Elephant in Rio”
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June 19, 2012

Common Dreams features article “The Elephant in Rio”
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June 19, 2012

The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT) features article “The Elephant in Rio”
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June 14, 2012

YES! Magazine
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June 4, 2012

Guam PDN
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Robert Alvarez, a former senior Energy Department official in the Clinton administration, has issued a similar warning, saying if an accident causes the Unit 4's pool of spent fuel rods to drain, it could release of 10 times as much radioactivity as Chernobyl, the Russian nuclear plant disaster of 1986.
May 4, 2012

The Hill
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The PR effort drew quick condemnation. “How low will #Heartland go? This shows pure desperation,” said Daphne Wysham, co-director of the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network, over Twitter.
March 28, 2012

Oil Voice
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One of them is Janet Redman, co-director of the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network, who provides analysis of the international financial institutions' energy investment and carbon finance activities.

'It is gut-wrenching and kind of sickening that Palau has been put in this position by those who have developed on the backs of the country's future,' Redman told Reuters in an interview. 'We are contributing to the process of an entire country disappearing,' she said.