Environmental Justice

The European crisis through the lens of financialisation

Antonio Tricarico May 2012

The financial sector through the Euro crisis hopes to further extract wealth from public sectors, driven by its goal to commodify the whole economy and nature itself.

Where The Air Is Rarefied

Darryl D'Monte April 2012

The most comprehensive analysis of climate change, which tackles India’s (mostly flawed) policies.

Radiation Crisis continues in Fukushima

Praful Bidwai

February 2012

The multi-reactor meltdown accident in Japan beginning last March 2011 has not ended. Plants continue to leak radiation and shockingly no sytematic monitoring of radiation levels is taking place.

The Politics of Climate change and the Global crisis

Praful Bidwai

January 2012

In his book Bidwai addresses the impacts of climate change and the politics of the international climate negotiations; and second, lndia as an example of an 'emerging economy' major polluter, which can potentially both aid or obstruct the fight against climate change.

Praful Bidwai at the Durban Climate conference, interview with DemocracyNow!

Praful Bidwai

January 2012

Praful Bidwai talks to DemocracyNow!'s Amy Goodman in Durban during the climate conference about the state of the climate negotiations.

Resistance and Hope at a time of Climate Emergency

Nick Buxton

January 2012

The Durban climate conference could act as a turning point. Are we willing to be truly honest about the failure of our political and economic system to tackle climate change and willing to exercise our power in shaping the world we want to live in?

Durban's Climate Zombie tripped

Patrick Bond

January 2012

Looking back now that the dust has settled, South Africa’s COP17 presidency appears disastrous. This was confirmed not only by Durban’s delayed, diplomatically-decrepit denouement, but by plummeting carbon markets in the days immediately following the conference’s ignoble end.

Durban’s greenwash outcome

Praful Bidwai

January 2012

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

The Green Economy: the Wolf in Sheep’s clothing

Edgardo Lander

December 2011

The fundamental flaw at the heart of UNEP's report "Towards a Green Economy" is its failure to analyse the extraordinarily unequal power relations that exist in today’s world, and the interests at play in the operation of this global economic system.

The Land Deal Politics Initiative

October 2011

The Land Deal Politics Initiative calls for applications to their small grant competition. Grants are available to undertake original field research, carry out follow up fieldwork on an ongoing related initiative, or write up a paper based on research.