‘Reports You Need’
Global Peace Index
Global Peace Index The 2010 rankings are here! This year 149 nations of the world have been ranked by their peacefulness and the results have stimulated some very interesting analysis. Discover the thermal maps, and download the Results Report and the Discussion Paper.
Financing a Global Deal on Climate Change
Investor Leadership on Climate Change, May 2009 Financing a Global Deal on Climate Change, UNEP FI, June 2009 Fiduciary Responsibity, UNEP FI, July 2009
Breaking the Climate Deadlock Report
BREAKING THE CLIMATE DEADLOCK REPORT ON HOW WORLD LEADERS CAN TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE WITH TECHNOLOGY
Building a Revitalized Clean Energy Economy
Reducing oil dependence. Strengthening energy security. Creating jobs. Tackling global warming. Addressing air pollution. Improving our health. The United States has many reasons to make the transition to a clean energy economy. What we need is a comprehensive set of smart policies to jump-start this transition without delay and maximize the [...]
Perspectives on the Future of the Community Reinvestment Act, Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and San Francisco
Perspectives on the Future of the Community Reinvestment Act, Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and San Francisco February 2009. Download the report (PDF).
Climate Change, Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
An Important Report on the Effects of Climate Change on Indigenous Peoples, with thanks to our colleague, Andrea Carmen. - Editor Download the report (PDF).
The new wealth of time: How timebanking helps people build better public services
This report marks the tenth anniversary of the timebanking movement in the UK and assesses the potential of timebanks for improving public services and strengthening communities. Click here to download
Justice in the Air
In recent years, Americans have become increasingly concerned about our environment. With climate change threatening the planet, dirty air triggering asthma, and industrial pollutants causing cancer, the nation is more motivated than ever before to take a hard look at the problems we face and seek new approaches that can better secure the future [...]
Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health, WHO, 2008
Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health continue to increase in parts of the world and in alarm as they fail to improve in others. Where systemic differences in health are judged to be [...]
Energy Subsidies Black, Not Green
A study released by the Environmental Law Institute, a nonpartisan research and policy organization, shows that the federal government has provided substantially larger subsidies to fossil fuels than to renewables.