Kevin Smith

TNI

January 2008

Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith has been working with the environmental justice project at TNI since 2005, although he has been more informally involved since it started out as Carbon Trade Watch in 2002. He has a degree in Human Sciences from St Annes College, Oxford University. He used to be the editor of the Green Pepper magazine and in 2003 he helped to establish Escanda, a residential project in Northern Spain that combines sustainable living with political engagement at local and international levels. He currently lives in London works part time at the Institute for Race Relations. He has been active in climate justice issues since the COP 6 in Den Haag in 2000 and participates in the international Durban Network for Climate Justice.

Languages: English, Spanish

Research interests: Emissions trading, biofuels, environmental racism, carbon offsetting, climate negotiations

Email: kevin.smith [at] gmx.net

Publications

Paving the way for agrofuels: EU policy, sustainability criteria, and climate calculations Co-authored with Gilbertson, Holland, and Semino. TNI, CEO, and GRR, September 2007.

The Carbon Neutral Myth: Offset Indulgences for your Climate Sins TNI/Carbon Trade Watch, February 2007.

Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: The G8, Climate Change and Free-market Environmentalism Co-authored with Ma'anit, Kelk, Gilbertson, et al. Carbon Trade Watch, TNI Briefing Series 3, June 2005.

Edited

El pimiento verde sobre género

El pimiento verde sobre transgénicos

El pimiento verde sobre el Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas

Green Pepper on Free Trade Area of the Americas