BRUCE RICH | AUTHOR | ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER - Tags | expert on public international finance and the environment

Articles

The Carbon Caravan

The Carbon Caravan

First of two essays summarizing my analysis of the World Bank's record in addressing climate change, including managing global carbon trading funds, in the web blog and discussion...
The REDD+ Program is in Denial About the Intractable Problem of Governance

The REDD+ Program is in Denial About the Intractable Problem of Governance

Rich describes carbon markets as the “financial cargo cult that had driven much of the early enthusiasm for REDD+.” REDD national plans often tended to focus on the technical compl...
BP and a Global Ethic

BP and a Global Ethic

Bruce Rich shows how in our day of globalization and multicultural tensions we have much to learn from Ashoka’s policy of nonviolence and compassion. Here, he argues that the BP oi...
Carbon Bombing the Future: The World's Largest Offshore Oil Project

Carbon Bombing the Future: The World's Largest Offshore Oil Project

The world’s largest new oil and gas project is taking place 120 miles offshore from Guyana. Exxonmobil (45 percent share) together with Hess (30 percent), and the Chinese company...