environmental project financing
Carbon Offsets are a Bridge Too Far in the Tradable Property Rights Revolution
By Tyler McNish
Tradable property rights-based carbon offsets are widely used as a policy tool for combating the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. However, academics, non-governmental organizations, and market participants have criticized carbon offset mechanisms’ economic inefficiency and dubious environmental benefits. This Article traces these criticisms … [Read more…] about Carbon Offsets are a Bridge Too Far in the Tradable Property Rights Revolution
Debt, Nature, and Indigenous Rights: Twenty-five Years of Debt-for-Nature Evolution
By Jared E. Knicley
Debt-for-nature swaps are an innovative and potentially powerful mechanism for addressing the significant issues of indebtedness and environmental degradation in the developing world. Over the past twenty-five years, debt-for-nature swaps have evolved across many dimensions to their present-day typology of bilateral fund-generators that capitalize projects … [Read more…] about Debt, Nature, and Indigenous Rights: Twenty-five Years of Debt-for-Nature Evolution