Posts Tagged ‘World Bank’

• China sees record investments in renewable tech, will introduce carbon trading scheme

  The Chinese government recently declared that they are intending on placing a cap on their annual carbon emissions which will allow the individual provinces in China to regulate and plan their emissions more effectively. The hope is that this cap …

• New study says Rotterdam is one of the dirtiest cities in the world

  According to a recently published study by Dan Hoornweg, a lead urban specialist at the World Bank, Rotterdam is one of the "dirtiest" cities in the world. The European city releases around 29,8 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per capita …

• Ecological unequal exchange is helping Europe maintain its leading role, greenhouse gases and overconsumption

  “To secure future oil imports USA is now using “force to reassert dominance” via “state terror and coercion” in Afghanistan and Iraq.” Ecological unequal exchange, or the zero-sum model, can help us understand many things about the world’s international trade, …

• Uneven Development and Northern Imperialism in the making of Today’s Ecological Crisis

  What is equality and development? And what kind of influence has the environment on both of these relations? For me, environmentalism has always been about caring about the well-state and equality of everyone and everything. Al Gore said, during the …

• Biofuels caused food crisis according to secret report

  According to a secret World Bank report obtained by the Guardian biofuels have increased global food prices by up to 75%. The report dismisses the idea that droughts in Australia and rising demand from India and China has caused the …