Protectionism
Seven Myths About Green Jobs
Monday, August 30, 2010
While governments around the world pour taxpayers' money into a whole range of supposedly win-win "green investments", this paper finds that these waste resources and reduce economic growth without necessarily protecting the environment.
Green protectionism vs. growth
IPN Opinion article
As world delegates tried in Bonn (9-11 April to revive the climate-change talks that collapsed in Copenhagen, the USA and other rich countries were working on protectionist carbon tariffs that will harm their own economies and harm the poor even more. On top of that, these "border measures" or "adaptation mechanisms" will not even have much effect on emissions.
Green tariffs make no sense
IPN Opinion article
Restricting trade as a climate measure would be counterproductive
Brazil's Dangerous Gamble
IPN Opinion article
US cotton subsidies are bad, but they are no reason for Brazil to undermine intellectual property rights.
