links for 2010-03-27

• IMF Staff Outlines ‘Green Fund’ to Help Address Climate Change – BusinessWeek
  Of course, undermine the unfccc process..

  "An International Monetary Fund staff report proposed the creation of a “Green Fund” that would sell bonds in global markets and use the proceeds to help poor countries deal with climate change.

  [..]

  "Governments could inject reserve assets in the fund, including those disbursed by the IMF last year, it said. The IMF staff plan also calls for wealthy nations to provide separate subsidies to help finance grants, according to the report.

  "“Once created, the Green Fund could provide a unified resource mobilization framework capable of meeting the financing needs identified at Copenhagen for decades to come,” the IMF staff paper said. “This seems far preferable to the alternative — a succession of difficult international negotiations every few years, with uncertain outcomes.”
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  (tags: imf climatechange finance)
• أسرار اختفاء الحشيش والارتفاع الجنوني لأسعاره في مصر الآن | الدستور
  on the drug drought
  (tags: egypt drugs economy)