By Miquel Muñoz Cabre and Mohamed Youba Sokona (November 2016) The working paper by Miquel Muñoz Cabre identifies up to USD 241 billion and 101 GW of likely renewable energy investments in Africa based on an analysis of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and renewables plans. These include plans for 34 GW of solar PV, 26.4 […]
By Henrik Selin (November 2016) The working paper by Henrik Selin analyzes the global climate finance regime set up to support mitigation and adaptation measures in developing projects with the goal of developed countries jointly mobilizing at least USD 100 billion a year from public and private sources by 2020. To institutionally strengthen this important […]
“Development Financial Institutions in the Global South” workshop GEGI and UNCTAD October 12, 2016
Launch of the Trade and Development Report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) GEGI and UNCTAD October 11, 2016
The U.S. And China Are Embracing A Greener Future At Home. Are They Doing The Same Abroad? Forbes GEGI quoted August 17, 2016
Big Banks Finance Water-Damaging, Climate-Warming Energy Projects Circle of Blue GEGI quoted August 8, 2016
By Rachel Thrasher and Kevin Gallagher. May 2016. Read the paper
The European Union and the United States are negotiating a proposed trade liberalization treaty, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Supporters of the treaty suggest that it will bring big economic gains to both Europe and America. The projected benefits of TTIP are based almost entirely on removal of bureaucratic and regulatory obstacles to […]
Given the role the agreement will likely play in establishing rules for the global economy, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is expected to be one of the most important trade and investment agreements in the 21st century. However, the current model that the TTIP is based on will increase carbon dioxide emissions and […]
Development and Climate Action in 2015 and Beyond Panel Kevin Gallagher talk Watson Institute, Brown University October 29, 2015