Just before the next round of climate change talks are to begin in Bonn, Germany, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has released a 53 page outline of what a final agreement might look like. The June negotiations in Bonn are intended to set the stage for talks in Denmark this December, where [...]
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Countries Negotiating Climate Change Agreement Release Outline for Treaty
May 25th, 2009 
Justin Manger The Importance of Free Trade in Green Technologies
May 20th, 2009 Justin Manger With enormous interest in the plentiful business opportunities related to tackling climate change, developing green technology, and instituting cap-and-trade, it is a surprising to learn of serious trade protectionism in these areas around the world. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in its report outlining international engagement recommendations for the U.S., “countries around the [...]
Does Money Really Grow on Trees? Perhaps in the Forests of Guyana
May 18th, 2009 Justin Manger Iwokrama has issued it’s first financial report. That wouldn’t be very newsworthy an event if Iwokrama were an average company simply complying with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. But Iwokrama isn’t your normal company. In fact, it’s not a company at all. It’s a rainforest. And it announced it had made a [...]
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Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Macroeconomics 
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