Rachel Godfrey Wood's blog posts

08 Jul 2010  |  Climate change, Economics, Energy
Everyone agrees that developed countries need to undertake a radical transformation if they are to assume their responsibilities for mitigating climate change. But what consequences would...
29 Jun 2010  |  Climate change, Energy
It was clear at the recent Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of the Mother Earth in Cochabamba that Latin America´s leftist leaders are taking strong positions on issues of...
08 Jun 2010  |  Sustainable markets, Energy
It’s one of the more ironic twists to the Deepwater Horizon tale. Just a few hours before the US Attorney General announced that a criminal investigation was to be brought against British...
24 May 2010  |  Sustainable markets, Economics
Much has been made of Latin America´s ‘leftist tide’ in the last decade. After disappointment with Washington Consensus Policies such as privatization, trade liberalization and...
28 Apr 2010  |  Economics, Energy
Supporting development means providing energy. At current prices, the cheapest option for many countries is coal, even though burning it contributes heavily to climate change and local...
12 Apr 2010  |  Economics, Poverty, Governance
Did the drugs trade keep the global financial system afloat at the height of the economic crisis?
15 Mar 2010  |  Economics, Food and agriculture
Some might say that archaeology is all about potsherds and old bones. But digging into the past can be a way of uncovering patterns of human behaviour with real relevance for our own time...

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