International Institute for Environment and Development

05.11.2009 G20 governments must end their perverse fossil-fuel subsidies, which contribute directly to climate change, cost hundreds of billions of dollars each year, and create artificial barriers to sustainable development, urges the Green Economy Coalition.

05.11.2009 Major dams need not spell disaster for the communities they displace, according to research published today that spells out the need for benefits to be shared over decades and not just a few years.

09.10.2009 The UN climate change negotiations that end today in Bangkok have largely failed to deliver progress on targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, or for transferring technology and finance from rich to poorer nations, leading to serious questions about the political commitment of the industrialised nations, says a leading environment and development group.
+ Less paper, more problems
+ EU Blocks Protection of Natural Forests at Bangkok Climate Talks
+ Roch countries 'evading responsibilities'
+ Rich countries set to condemn billions