May 10, 2012
Richard Sandor has a new book out. He’ll tell you that markets are the solution before he hears the problem. Pollution? Climate change? Water shortages? Species extinction? Just create a new market and the problem will go away.
Or not. One of the markets that Sandor helped create is the carbon market. [...]
April 19, 2012
Earlier this week, the World Bank’s Executive Directors chose a new president. For the 12th time in its history, the World Bank will have a US citizen as its president. No surprises there, then.
But the choice of Jim Yong Kim could bring some surprises at the World Bank. Mark Weisbrot of the [...]
March 21, 2012
On 19 January 2012, Charles Mauro posted the following message in a LinkedIn discussion group: “I have 1.5m + vintage REDD credits from Mato Grosso Brazil for sale and heavily discounted.”
In the interests of transparency, REDD-Monitor has taken a look at Charles Mauro’s business operations and sent him some questions. Charles [...]
February 29, 2012
The Indigenous Peoples Confederation of Honduras (CONPAH) recently wrote a letter to the State Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment, Doctor Rigoberto Cuéllar Cruz, about the lack of consultation relating to the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility in Honduras.
The letter proposes that the government should withdraw of the draft Readiness-Preparation Proposal [...]
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