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

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Of Econs and Humans — Theory, Moral Licensing, and Crowding Out

Of Econs and Humans — Theory, Moral Licensing, and Crowding Out

The award of the 2017 Nobel Prize for economics to Richard Thaler highlights the recognition that human behavior is more complex and irrational than the assumptions of conventional...
Are International Carbon Offsets Innately Flawed and Unreformable?

Are International Carbon Offsets Innately Flawed and Unreformable?

A look back at the Clean Development Mechanism and at future reduction efforts.....The study [on behalf of the European Commission] identifies inherently contradictory incentives i...
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...