Environment

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Defying the Resource Curse
Rajesh Mirchandani
June 09, 2015
BRIEFS
Oil to Cash: Fighting the Resource Curse through Cash Transfers (CGD Brief)
Todd Moss et al.
June 09, 2015
This brief is a summary of the book Oil to Cash: Fighting the Resource Curse through Cash Transfers (Washington, DC: Center for Global Development, 2015).
Blog Post
Reducing Deforestation Is Key to Closing the Paris Gap
Michele de Nevers
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Jens Engelmann
June 04, 2015
A new global climate agreement based on voluntary national pledges of domestic action is expected to be finalized in Paris in December. As of now, the 28 nations of the European Union and 9 other nations including the United States, Mexico, and Russia have submitted plans (called Intended Nationally...
Blog Post
Is It Finally Time for Oil to Cash (the Book Launch)?
Todd Moss
June 02, 2015
What would happen if a country that struck oil decided to share the income directly with its own citizens? That’s precisely the question that Caroline Lambert, Stephanie Majerowicz, and I try to explore in our new book Oil to Cash: Fighting the Resource Curse with Cash Transfers. 
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Congress Is Neglecting Its Duty on Biofuels
Kimberly Ann Elliott
June 02, 2015
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finally released proposed targets for blending biofuels with gasoline and diesel for 2014 (18 months late) and for the current year (6 months late). 
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Voluntary Climate Pledges Aren’t Effective, Efficient, or Equitable. Here’s How Paris Can Succeed Anyway
Jonah Busch
May 29, 2015
From Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu to record-breaking drought in California, humanity is getting a preview of the devastation held in store by climate change.  The pressure is on world leaders to reach an agreement in Paris this December to cut back on climate-changing emissions from fossil fuels and&...
BRIEFS
The Time to Reform US Biofuels Policy Is Now
Kimberly Ann Elliott
May 18, 2015
Even as Congress was mandating large increases in the consumption of biofuels a decade ago, the world was changing. In the early 2000s, replacing fossil fuels with biofuels made from corn, sugar, or oilseeds seemed like a good idea. Increased crop demand would prop up prices for farmers, and re...