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    Durban’s greenwash outcome
    January 2012
    Praful Bidwai

    The outcome of Durban is a disaster for global climate protection and the survival of millions. 

     
    Durban and the climate change deniers
    November 2011
    Praful Bidwai

    The EU could play a valuable role in preventing another flawed climate deal if it neutralises the US and brings other ditherers on board while starting talks on future obligations for the emerging economies.

    Social and environmental impacts of sugarcane production in Brazil
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    November 2011
    Carlos Vinicius Xavier, Fábio T. Pitta and Maria Luisa Mendonça

    In this publication, data and recent analyses will be presented on the expansion of sugar cane monoculture for ethanol production in Brazil, and in particular on the monopolisation in the sector due to mergers and the takeover of production plants by foreign companies

    Meeting the challenge of feeding the world and cooling the Earth
    July 2011
    Jun Borras

    Two papers analysing the recent experience of Latin America, and Cuba in particular, support arguments that a shift from industrial-large scale farming to small-scale farming can bring environmental, economic and political benefits.

    As authoritarian China loses luster, TNCs flirt with democratic Indonesia and Brazil
    June 2011
    Walden Bello

    Make way China! Here come Brazil and Indonesia as new kids on the block for transnational corporations' investments in their global search for cheap labour and social stability.

    President Dilma: Let Brazil set an example for a new ecological economy
    January 2011
    Marcos Arruda

    President Dilma Roussef has the mandate and responsibility to forge a new development path: one based on participatory planning, a social market and environmental sustainability.

    The resistible rise of corporate power
    October 2010
    Hilary Wainwright

    The massive concentration and growth of corporate power poses a major threat to what remains of public services, highlighting the ever-deepening crisis of democracy, and the urgent need for people to reclaim the state.

    When world recession knocks at the door it's time to change
    October 2010
    Marcos Arruda

    Since economic growth dependent on fossil fuels cannot persist, we must challenge the financial market ideology which continues to take precedence over human well being and the evironment.

    The Human Toll of the Drug War: A Pending Issue
    August 2010
    Kristel Mucino

    Driven by poverty to make ends meet many small drug sellers' are targeted by harsh drug policies, yet their persecution does nothing to tackle the root cause of drug-related crime or addiction.

    Agrofuels: Big Profits, Ruined Lives and Ecological Destruction
    June 2010
    François Houtart

    The green potential of agrofuels has been wasted by businesses that put profits above environmental protection, which has led to an absurd situation where an energy source that should be sustainable actually increases human and ecological damage.

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