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

Books

Foreclosing the Future: The World Bank and the Politics of Environmental Destruction

Foreclosing the Future: The World Bank and the Politics of Environmental Destruction

Drawing on in depth institutional knowledge, hundreds of case studies, and scores of internal and external reports and evaluations, Foreclosing the Future: The World Bank and the P...

Conservation Fads, Environmental Markets, and Climate Change

Conservation Fads, Environmental Markets, and Climate Change

Environmental organizations and funders have too often promoted new fads driven by a culture of unrealistic expectations, leading to a cycle of rejection, reinvention, and repacka...
As the World Burns: A Critique of the World Bank Group's Energy Strategy

As the World Burns: A Critique of the World Bank Group's Energy Strategy

This article appeared in late 2013, and the World Bank Group has made progress in adopting some of the article's recommendations, namely commitments to end financing of coal power...
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...
REDD+, Markets, and Corruption

REDD+, Markets, and Corruption

The allure of an market that pays developing countries and forest communities to preserve standing forests as offsets for not reducing emissions in the richer industrialized nation...