Friends of the Earth’s blog is a staff-run blog that provides policy analysis, insight and commentary about the environment and other progressive issues, advances our campaigns, and builds momentum for a healthy and just world.
Apr. 19, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Karen orenstein
As the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual Spring Meetings get underway, 117 organizations from around the world today urged government funders of the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds to pivot away from financing the CIFs and ...
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Apr. 17, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Karen orenstein
Throughout the world, concerned individuals, groups and governments have been racking their brains, trying to figure out how on earth they’re going to be able to afford the costs of the climate crisis, made even worse by a climate of fiscal ...
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Mar. 31, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Karen orenstein
With the first board meeting of the Green Climate Fund scheduled for the end of April, now is a good time to provide a bit of a primer and update on the GCF. The lead-up to the Green Climate Fund Since 2008, Friends of the Earth and many others h...
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Feb. 29, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Karen orenstein
As expected, the current president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, recently announced that he's stepping down. The outstanding question remains -- what will the process be to replace him? Will it be run according to codes of conduct of the 21...
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Jan. 31, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Karen orenstein
The World Bank last week decided to take a significant step backwards on social and environmental protection and transparency. The Bank’s board voted to approve Program-for-Results, also known as PforR, which, according to Bank hype, is &ldq...
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Jan. 13, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Karen orenstein
Most of my work entails policy wonkery. Though important, especially in Washington, D.C., it often feels distant and far removed from the lives of ordinary people around the world and the lands they call home. Even most of the travel I do for work...
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Dec. 21, 2011 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Karen orenstein
There have been lots of “d” words used to describe the Durban climate talks that recently ended in South Africa -- disaster, debacle, delusion, devastation.
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Dec. 9, 2011 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Karen orenstein
Doing anything at the climate talks that could create even a miniscule stir is quickly silenced by UNFCCC security. In some ways, it feels like an authoritarian state. Civil society is locked out of most meetings. We scramble to get “leaked&...
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Dec. 5, 2011 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Karen orenstein
Amid rallying cries of "Amandla! Awetu!" ("Power to the people" in Zulu), we stood in front of a giant octopus with outstretched tentacles. This octopus was greedily trying to suck up the money meant for developing countries. This backdrop framed ...
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Jun. 15, 2011 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Karen orenstein, Tax, Wall street
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. By Asad Rehman, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland June 1...
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