We find that Verra’s proposed framework is based on problematic underlying assumptions and framing. Private nature markets represent a privatization of conservation and a potentially significant transfer of wealth and power from the public sphere to a private sector that has no mandate to prioritize long term ecological considerations and the public interest. We also …
Financiarisation, philanthro-capitalisme & impérialisme vert: le nouveau pacte financier mondial a un goût de déjà vu
Qu’attendre d’un sommet réunissant Mme Gates, le FMI, la Banque Mondiale, certains des pires lobbies pro-financiarisation de la nature, Ali Bongo, le ministre du pétrole des Emirats Arabes Unis et futur président de la COP28 Al Jaber, le prince sanglant d’Arabie Saoudite, Mark Carney et promettant de réinventer le multilatéralisme, lutter contre la pauvreté, décarboner …
Speech – the neoliberal fallacy of nature markets
This is a speech given at the 2023 Beyond Growth Conference during the focus panel 13 – Repairing and restoring Nature in a beyond growth perspective: is putting a price on biodiversity the right way to go? Download speech