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...

Megadams and Economic Folly

Megadams and Economic Folly

A recent review of the economic costs and benefits of 245 large dams by four Oxford professors....found “overwhelming evidence” that the real costs of large dam projects, are for t...
Whose Future, Whose Wants?

Whose Future, Whose Wants?

The Rio Conference agreement, The Future We Want, pledged to “renew our commitment to sustainable development...” Meanwhile, hundreds of Brazilian Amerindians, from several threate...
Major Emitters Delay Action at COP26; "They Talk But Don't Do"

Major Emitters Delay Action at COP26; "They Talk But Don't Do"

Greta Thunberg said the 26th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Climate Convention at Glasgow, like the past quarter century of COPs, amounted to “blah blah blah.” Quenn Elizab...