Property Rights

China pushing water uphill

IPN Opinion article

Author: Caroline Boin

China has a water crisis, ranging from flood to regular drought, but the Three Gorges Dam did not prevent the current murderous floods and an even bigger project will not guarantee fresh water to the dry north: China needs a dose of Chile.

Brazil's Dangerous Gamble

IPN Opinion article

Author: Alec van Gelder

US cotton subsidies are bad, but they are no reason for Brazil to undermine intellectual property rights.

Leaders must confront poverty as well as climate change in Copenhagen

IPN Letters

Author: Julian Morris

Leaders of poor countries need to give their citizens the freedom to prosper to protect them from climate change