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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 & 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.
Blog Wall Street's Climate Finance Bonanza
April 10, 2013 - Government officials from an elite group of developed countries meeting in Washington DC appear to be on the brink of instigating yet another big bank giveaway, this time in the name of fighting climate change. By Janet Redman and Antonio Tricarico
Open Letter Civil Society and Entrepreneurs Call on World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending
April 3, 2013 - Over 55 development, faith, human rights, community, and environmental groups from more than 20 countries teamed up today to ask World Bank President Jim Kim to end Bank support for all fossil fuel projects unless the projects are solely focused on directly increasing energy access for the poor.
Media Advisory Civil Society and Entrepreneurs Call on World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending
April 3, 2013 - Over 55 development, faith, human rights, community, and environmental groups from more than 20 countries teamed up to ask World Bank President Jim Kim to end Bank support for all fossil fuel projects unless the projects are solely focused on directly increasing energy access for the poor.
This report identifies ways of encouraging low-carbon, anti-poverty project investments in developing countries, and discouraging international financial institutions' (IFIs) and export credit agencies' (ECAs) investments in fossil fuels. Given the slow pace of IFI and ECA reform, the paper examines a number of alternative measures that can be introduced independent of IFI and ECA reform.
A one-year glimpse and update on previous research showing the World Bank Group's projects related to fossil fuels from Sept. 1, 2002 to Sept. 15, 2003 is completed in this research.
This report uncovers newly released documents revealing the history of oil interests and chemical weaponds deals made by U.S. Government officials with Iraq dating back several decades, and refutes the claims made by Bush Administration that the Iraq war was largely in order to eliminate chemical weapons possessed by Saddam Hussein.
Three decades ago, conservative ideologues at The Heritage Foundation produced a primer on the Reagan Revolution entitled Mandate for Leadership, which offered an overarching philosophy against the role of government and in favor of markets.
Today, IPS has taken on the same task for the Obama administration. Mandate for Change is aimed at strengthening the new administration at a time when the need for progressive policies — and appointing progressive people to lead such efforts—is most urgent.
September 5, 2012
The Liberty (TX) Vindicator features article “The Six Stages of Climate Grief”
"There is an understanding that the more the Green Climate Fund is private investor-friendly, the more likely it is that developed countries will put money in," said Janet Redman of the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies.
July 31, 2012
The San Antonio Express-News features blog “Shell-shocked Again, this Time because of Aurora”
Janet Redman, co-director of the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network, said she is concerned that businesses will merely pay for projects in their own financial interest instead of those that governments prioritize as critical. She and others also objected to making money off of countries' vulnerabilities.
July 9, 2012
Common Dreams features article “A Perfect and Hot Storm”