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Insuring the Rain Forest with Green Bonds

August 30, 2010

Analysis of:Insuring the Rain Forest with Green Bonds | www.greenstreetpartnersllc.com

In a previous article we discussed the importance of the UN-REDD Programme as well as the obstacles to its further implementation. Recognizing the impact that the retreat of the tropical forests is having on global warming, the United Nations launched the UN-REDD Programme, Reduced Emissions from Degradation and Destruction in 2008 to help support countries REDD+

Insuring the Rain Forest with Green Bonds

August 19, 2010

In a previous article we discussed the importance of the UN REDD program as well as the obstacles to its further implementation. Recognizing the impact that the retreat of the tropical forests is having on global warming, the United Nations launched the REDD program, Reduced Emissions from Degradation and Destruction in 2008 to help support countries REDD

Economic behavior is both the cause and the solution to global warming

July 10, 2010

Analysis of:Economic behavior is both the cause and the solution to global warming | www.greenstreetpartnersllc.com

“Economic behavior is both the cause and the solution to global warming and the UN REDD program is the mechanism to do so” . “One of the best things we can do to help the environment is expand the UN REDD program, which provides significant economic incentives for the maintenance of forests which exceed the economic incentive for its destruction.” The mechanism, in simple terms, makes a living tree more valuable than a dead tree.

Smoke with no substance

May 12, 2008

Analysis of:Citifin sacks 400, bank plans $1bn loan selloff | economictimes.indiatimes.com

It's just astonishing how much junk you can find lying around your bank, especially if you've been collecting things for as long as Citigroup has. Selling $500b in non core assets. Which will help in the short term what about the long term? have we learned nothing from Chainsaw Al (Sunbeam)? Pandit, fire sale well help the top line but what about the bottom line? And if it gets too difficult, the garage sale could turn into more of a fire sale. But it's hard to imagine that calls for breaking up the company would make more sense in those circumstances than they do now.

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