The EU's Nasty Bite

Publication date:

Thursday, January 8, 2009

This study discusses the potential consequences of new EU regulations that prohibit production of certain chemicals used in the manufacture of pesticides.

Seven Myths About Green Jobs

Author: Andrew Morriss

Publication date:

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.

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.

The dangers of romanticising subsistence farming in Africa

African famers need freedom to farm

Green protectionism vs. growth

IPN Opinion article

Author: Caroline Boin

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.