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...

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...
Turkey’s Ill-Considered Rush to Coal Undercuts Emissions Progress

Turkey’s Ill-Considered Rush to Coal Undercuts Emissions Progress

Turkey, the world’s 17th largest economy, plans to as much as quadruple coal-fired electric capacity, building as many as 80 new plants by 2030. It could become the world’s third-l...
Locked into a World on Fire?

Locked into a World on Fire?

The tragedy is that there already lies a clear path to achieve two thirds of the needed CO2 emission reductions, while supporting poverty-reducing clean energy investments in devel...
Coal Plants and Barefoot College

Coal Plants and Barefoot College

The Barefoot College has trained hundreds of poor villagers as grassroots solar power installation workers and engineers. Founder Bunker Roy writes that “any goal that is driven fr...
Carbon Capture: A Dead End?

Carbon Capture: A Dead End?

Carbon capture and storgage would greatly increase the capital and operating costs of new plants. The cost of CCS is such that rapidly maturing technologies such as wind and solar...