Bradford S. Gentry
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Investments and Research Scholar; Co-Director of the Center for Business & the Environment at Yale; Director of the Research Program on Private Investment and the Environment
Selected Publications
“International Investment Law and Renewable Energy,” with J. Ronk, chapter in the report of the Renewable Energy and International Law Project (forthcoming)
“Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services: Lessons from Panama,” co-editor with S. Anisfeld, D. Newcomer, M. Fotos, Special Issue of the Journal of Sustainable Forestry (forthcoming)
“Overview Report on the Experience of International Financial Institutions and International Funds in Investing in Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries,” with R. Meeks, G. Walker, S. Wallander, background paper for the report of the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on “Experience of international funds and multilateral financial institutions relevant to the investment needs of developing countries in meeting their commitments under the Convention,” FCCC/SBI/2005/INF.7, November 2005
“Business and Finance and Climate Change,” with W. Ellis, background paper for the Yale/Aspen Conference on Climate Change: Science to Action, October 2005
“Market Frameworks for Improved Urban Environments,” background paper for the Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting Seminar Series on Financing the City, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2005
“Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Urban Environments,” to be published in the proceedings of the Yale-IGES International Workshop on Urbanization and Environmental Change, New Haven, April 2004 (forthcoming)
“Emerging markets for ecosystem services: individuals, cases and analytical frameworks," Book Review, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 7(1): 144-147 (2003)
“Focusing the Scope and Content of Partnership Arrangements” and “Establishing Appropriate Organisational and Contractual Arrangements,” with J. Plummer, in Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity Building in Public-Private Partnerships, J. Plummer, ed., Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2002)
"The Environmental Implications of Privatization: Lessons for Developing Countries," with M. Lovei, World Bank Discussion Paper No. 426 (2002)
“Private Capital Flows and Climate Change: Maximizing Private Investment in Developing Countries Under the Kyoto Protocol," in Climate Change and Development, L. Gomez-Echeverri, ed., Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (2000)
"Global Trends in Urban Water Supply and Waste Water Financing and Management: Changing Roles for the Public and Private Sectors," with A. Abuyuan, Working Paper, OECD (2000)
"Privatization and the Environment: Lessons Learned and Perspectives from the Experience in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan," Working Paper, World Bank Environment Department (1999)
“Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment: Boon or Bane?,” in Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment, OECD, Paris (1999)
Private Capital Flows and the Environment: Lessons from Latin America, B. Gentry, ed., Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., UK (1998)
“The Convergence of U.S. National Security and the Global Environment: Private Financing for Sustainable Development,” background paper for the Aspen Institute Congressional Program, Bermuda (November 1998)
“The Environmental Effects of International Portfolio Flows and the Actors Who Drive Them,” with L. Fernandez and D. Esty, OECD, Paris (1998)
“Encouraging Public-Private Regulatory Dialogue,” “Trade and the Environment: Environmental Management Systems and Product Eco-labels,” “Avoiding Environmental 'Disasters' in Joint Ventures,” background papers for the World Bank/Pacific Basin Economic Council Roundtable, Hong Kong, China (September 1998)
“Communicating Environmental Performance to the Capital Markets,” with L. Descano, in Corporate Environmental Strategy, 5(3) (1998)
“Evolving Public-Private Partnerships: General Themes and Lessons from the Urban Water Sector,” with L. Fernandez, in Globalization and the Environment: Perspectives from OECD and Dynamic Non-Member Economies, OECD, Paris (1997)
“Privately Financed Sustainable Development,” with S. Schmidheiny, in Thinking Ecologically: Building the Next Generation of Environmental Policy, Yale University Press, New Haven (August 1997)
“Breaking the Bottlenecks to Private Participation in East Asian Infrastructure: Environment and Resettlement Issues,” in Frontiers of the Public-Private Interface in East Asia’s Infrastructure (proceedings of the Ministerial Level International Conference on Infrastructure Development, Jakarta, Indonesia, September 1996), LPPN/INDES (August 1997)
“Foreign Investment, Globalization and the Environment,” with D. Esty, in Economic Globalization and the Environment, OECD, Paris (July 1997)
“Private Capital Flows: New and Additional Resources for Sustainable Development,” with D. Esty, in Bridges to Sustainability: Business and Government Working Together for a Better Environment, A Contribution of the Yale/UNDP Program on Public-Private Partnerships to the UN General Assembly Special Session on the Fifth Anniversary of the Earth Summit, Bulletin Series of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, no. 101 (June 1997)
“Making Private Investment Work for the Environment,” in Finance for Sustainable Development: The Road Ahead (proceedings of the Fourth Expert Group Meeting on Financial Issues of Agenda 21, Santiago, Chile, January 1997), UN Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development (July 1997)
“Valuing the Environment: How Fortune 500 CFOs and Analysts Measure Corporate Performance,” with L. Fernandez, United Nations Development Program, Office of Development Studies, Working Paper (June 1997)
Private Finance and the Environment, United Nations Development Program, Office of Development Studies, Discussion Paper No. 11 (January 1997)
“Privatization, Foreign Investment and the Environment: Case Studies of Large Scale Privatizations with Foreign Participation,” World Bank Environment Department Research Paper (July 1996)
Private Sector Investment Flows and the Environment: Defining the Opportunities and the Issues, Background Paper for the UNEP Round-Table Meeting on Banks and the Environment (September 1995)
“Sweet Home v. Babbitt: The Environmental Case of the Decade,” The American Lawyer, with A. Barber (supplement May 1995)
"Managing the Impact of Environmental Pressures on Major Projects,” 61 Project Finance International 31 (November 24, 1994)
"US Regulatory Approaches -- The Implications for Europe,” in Environmental Management Handbook, Pitman Publishing (October 1994)
"Marketing Environmental Technologies in Europe: Promises and Pitfalls,” in Environmental Policy Europe 1994, with R. Haines (Summer 1994)
Coordinating Editor for UNEP Environment and Trade Monograph, Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Mechanisms in International Environmental Conventions and Multilateral Trade Agreements, United Nations Environment Program (1995)
"Environmental Issues Facing Acquisitions Or Investments,” in European Community and Europe -- A Legal Guide to Business Development, California Trade and Commerce Agency (1993)
"Environmental Costs: Making Lenders Liable,” Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, with A. Vollman (Autumn 1992)
"Strict Liability For Environmental Damage: Is Too Much Expected Of It?,” Environment Policy Europe 1991 (Summer 1991)
"Environmental Planning and Auditing,” in Managing The Environmental Challenge In 1991, Legal Studies and Services Ltd, with R. Hawkins (June 1991)
"Environmental Issues And Business Operations In Europe,” Risk Review, Nippon Fire & Marine (June 1991)
"EC Emission Controls,” in EC Environment and Planning Law, Butterworths (1991)
Global Environmental Issues and International Business, Bureau of National Affairs, principal author (September 1990)
"Environmental Regulation in Europe: Hazardous Waste and Contaminated Sites,” 10(3) Northwestern University Journal of International Law & Business 397 (Winter 1990)
"Regulation of Hazardous Waste in the United States and Britain,” 19(43) Environment Reporter 2321 (February 24, 1989); 12(2) International Environment Reporter 82 (February 1989)
"Environmental Aspects of Multinational Acquisitions,” 11(9) International Environment Reporter 505 (September 1988)
The Law of Hazardous Waste, Matthew Bender Publications, S. Cooke ed. (July 1987)
“Climate Policy: The Path Forward for Connecticut and the Nation – panel discussion leader,” Office of Senator Joseph Lieberman, Hartford, CT, April 2006
“Markets and Payments for Ecosystem Services – panel discussion leader,” a Yale Forest Forum, New Haven, CT, March 2006
“Private Investors and Ecosystem Services,” Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Quebec, August 2005
“The Rising Momentum for Action on Global Warming,” Climate and Energy Funders Group, Annual Meeting Consultative Group on Biological Diversity, Chicago, IL June 2005
“Market Frameworks for Improved Urban Environments: Lessons from the Water Sector,” Seminar Series on Financing the City, Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey (May 2005)
“Globalization, Trade, Poverty and the Environment: Is There Common Ground?,” National Association of Environmental Law Societies Annual Meeting, Pace Law School, White Plains, NY (March 2005)
“Health, Safety and Environmental Issues in Emerging Markets,” Honeywell Corporation International Legal and Government Relations Annual Meeting, Morristown, NJ (October, 2004)
“Where is Corporate Environmental Management Going?,” Baker & McKenzie’s 12th Annual International Environmental Conference, Chicago, IL (September 2004)
Business-Environment Learning and Leadership (BELL) Annual Conference, “Responding to Market Demands for Basic Urban Services: Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Water Services,” Chicago (July 2004)
US Business Council for Sustainable Development Spring Meeting, “Ecosystem Services: Importance, Value and Business Opportunities,” New Haven (June 2004)
Yale-IGES International Workshop on Urbanization and Environmental Change, “Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Urban Environments,” New Haven (April 2004)
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Annual Meeting, “Climate Change: Who Cares?”, San Diego, CA (July 2003)
UN Global Compact, “Public-Private Partnerships,” New York (June 2003)
Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) North America, "Colloquium on Global Partnerships for Sustainable Development: The Way Forward," Washington, D. C. (December 2002)
Local Government Session of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, “Partnerships for Viable Local Economies,” Johnannesburg, So. Africa (August 2002)
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, “Building Better Networks: Networks Between Businesses and Regulators,” Denver (August 2002)
UNDP/Public-Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment Program, “Working Together to Assist the Urban Poor: Establishing an Open Community of Practice for Pro-Poor Public-Private Partnerships,” Cape Town, So. Africa (July 2002)
OECD, "Conference on Financing the Environmental Dimension of Sustainable Development: Public Private Partnerships for the Provision of Urban Water Services,” Paris (April 2002)
Earth Technologies Forum, "Early Carbon Trading Without Legal Frameworks: Creating Rights, Minimizing Risks, and Maximizing Opportunities," Washington, DC (March 2002)
The World Affairs Forum, “Global Climate Change and the Environment,” Stamford, CT (April 2001)
OECD-China Programme of Dialogue and Cooperation, "Environmental Financing," Beijing (November 2000)
Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21 and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, "Public-Private Partnership -- a Viable Concept for China's Environmental Infrastructure Development?," Beijing (November 2000)
Forbes Magazine Environmental Superconference, “International Water Project Development and Privatization – the Impact of Lessons Learned,” Washington, D.C. (October 2000)
US Forest Service Leadership Conference, “Urban Environmental Partnerships,” New Haven (October 2000)
UN Development Program and the Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21, "Public-Private Partnerships for Providing Urban Environmental Services, " Beijing (August 2000)
OECD, "Global Trends in Urban Water Supply and Waste Water Financing and Management," Working Group on Economics and the Environment, Paris (May 2000)
Norwegian Foreign Ministry and the UN Environment Programme, "The Greening of Capital Markets," Side Event to the Commission on Sustainable Development 8th Session, New York (April 2000)
US Export-Import Bank, Annual Conference, "Protecting the Environment - 'Best Practices' for Industry and International Lenders," Washington, D.C. (April 2000)
Commission for Environmental Cooperation, "Trilateral Workshop on Shade Coffee: Financing," Oaxaca, Mexico (March 2000)
Commission for Environmental Cooperation, "Experts Workshop on Environment, Trade and Investment," Montreal (December 1999)
US Agency for International Development, "Leadership Training Program: Environmental Management Systems for Municipalities," Boston (November 1999)
UNDP and the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft, "Public Private Partnerships for Urban Environmental Services: New Approaches in Development Cooperation," Bonn (November 1999)
The UN Institute for Training and Research and the German Management Academy of Lower Saxony, "Public-Private Partnership for Sustainable Development," New York (August 1999)
The Inter-American Development Bank, "Business and the Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Strategic Framework for the Multilateral Investment Fund," Washington, D.C. (June 1999)
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation, "Global Production and Sustainable Development: Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment," on the occasion of the 7th meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, New York (April 1999)
The Arch-Diocese of Cleveland, "Church in the City Program: Urban Sprawl and the Environment," Cleveland (March 1999)
OECD, "Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment," The Hague (January 1999)
Aspen Institute Congressional Program, “The Convergence of U.S. National Security and the Global Environment,” Bermuda (November 1998)
World Bank/Pacific Basin Economic Council Roundtable, "Expanding Public-Private Partnerships: Economic Competitiveness and Environmental Concerns in the Asia-Pacific Region," Hong Kong, China (September 1998)
World Economic Forum, "Global Environmental Issues Post-Kyoto," Geneva (July 1998)
Andean Parliament, "Economy and the Environment," Caracas (June 1998)
INCAE Business School, "Private Investment and the Environment," Costa Rica (June 1998)
ICC-Lebanon/UNDP/SBA, "Eco-Efficiency Workshop," Beirut (May 1998)
University of Florida, "Public Interest Environmental Law Conference," Gainesville (March 1998)
Government Institutes, "Latin American Environmental Law and Regulation," Miami (March 1998)
GLOBE, "Developing the Business of the Environment," Vancouver (March 1998)
Georgetown University, "Private Investment and the Environment," Washington, DC (February 1998)
OECD, “Dialogue with Dynamic Non-Member Economies on Globalization and the Environment: Evolving Public Private Partnerships,” Paris (November 1997)
University of Minnesota, "Environmental Policy: The Next Generation," Minneapolis (October 1997)
United Nations Development Program, “Mayor’s Conference: Private Capital Flows and Opportunities for Public Private Partnerships,” New York (July 1997)
United Nations Environment Program and Columbia University, “UNEP’s Third International Round-Table Meeting on Finance and the Environment: Environmental Opportunities and Issues in Private Finance,” New York (May 1997)
The Prince of Wales’s Business and the Environment Program, University of Cambridge Program for Industry, “Senior Executives Seminar: Corporate Valuation and the Environment,” Highgrove, Tetbury, England (May 1997)
American Bar Association, American Law Institute, Environmental Law Institute, “International Environmental Law: Bilateral and Multilateral Efforts to Improve Environmental Programs,” Washington, DC (May 1997)
Duke University, University of North Carolina, “The Next Generation of Environmental Policy: Private Capital Flows and Sustainable Development,” Durham, North Carolina (April 1997)
National Development Bank of Brazil, Federal Rural University of Rio, “Conditioning and Attracting International Private Investment for Sustainable Development,” Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (April 1997)
Pacific Industrial and Business Association, Santa Clara Valley Manufacturing Group, “Environmental Management System Strategies: International Developments on Strategic Environmental Management,” San Francisco (April 1997)
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, “Business and Municipality: New Partnerships for the 21st Century,” Bremen, Germany (March 1997)
Mexican Chamber of Industry, Ministry of the Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries, “Private Capital Flows and the Environment: Investment Roundtable,” Mexico City, Mexico (March 1997)
American and Inter-American Bar Associations, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, “Conference on Development, The Environment and Dispute Resolution in the Americas: New Directions for the Private Sector,” Buenos Aires, Argentina (March 1997)
United Nations Development Program, “Private Investment and the Environment: Bridging the Gap in Developing Countries,” New York (February 1997)
IIR, “Securitization and the Environment in Latin America,” New York (October 1996)
White House, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank Special Briefings, “Private Capital Flows and the Environment: Lessons from Latin America,” Washington, D.C. (October 1996)
Yale University Symposium on the Next Generation of Environmental Policy, New Haven, Connecticut (September 1996)
Government of Indonesia and the World Bank Ministerial Conference on Frontiers of the Public-Private Interface in East Asian Infrastructure, “Breaking the Bottlenecks: Addressing Environmental and Resettlement Issues,” Jakarta, Indonesia (September 1996)
Standing Committee on Environmental Law of the American Bar Association, “Sustainable Development in the Americas: The Emerging Role of the Private Sector,” Airlie House, Virginia (May 1996)
Yale University and the Avina Foundation Experts’ Workshop on Private Finance and the Environment in Developing Countries, Crotonville, New York (December 1995)
Government Institutes, “Latin America Environmental Laws and Regulations -- Environmental Issues in International Financing of Latin America Operations,” Washington, D.C. (December 1995)
United Nations Environment Programme and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Roundtable on Banking and the Environment, “Investing in the Environment -- Defining the Issues,” London (October 1995)
Bolivian Ministry of Sustainable Development and Environment, “Sustainable Industries Conference -- Manufacturing,” La Paz (June 1995)
Major Projects Association, "12th Annual Conference, Making Major Projects Happen -- Managing the Environment,” London (October 1994)
International Institute for Management Development, "Fourth International Workshop on Managing the Environment, Accounting for Environmental Excellence: The Economic Costs and Benefits of Going Green -- Environmental Liability,” Lausanne, Switzerland (October 1994)
Trier Academy of European Law, "European Efforts on Environmental Liability: US Environmental Liability -- A Model for Europe? ,” Trier, Germany (September 1994)
United Nations Environment Program, "Financial Services and the Environment -- Due Diligence Procedures,” Geneva (September 1994)
The 1994 International Banking Law Conference, "Environmental Risk in Project Finance,” London (September 1994)
Royal Geographical Society and the Major Projects Association, "The Impact of Environmental, Health and Safety Factors on Major Projects -- Contaminated Land Liability,” London (September 1994)
California Trade and Commerce Agency, "Environmental Technology Exports -- Issues and Opportunities in Europe,” San Diego, California (May 1994)
Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Community, "New Developments in E.C. Legislation on Waste,” Second European Lawyers Conference, Brussels (April 1993)
Solicitors' European Group, "Regulation of Wastes -- Trends in Europe,” SEG Annual Conference, Berlin (June 1992)
Financial Times, "Packaging and the Environment -- Legal and Business Implications,” Financial Times Conferences, London (March 1992)
World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting/World Industry Forums, Davos, Switzerland (February 1992)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Global Environmental Issues and the Construction Industry -- Developments in the European Environmental Market,” Boston (October 1991)
American Bar Association Standing Committee on Environmental Law and the President's Council on Environmental Quality, "The Role of Law in the United Nations' 1992 Conference on Environment and Development -- Technology Transfer,” Airlie House, Virginia (May 1991)
World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting/World Industry Forums, Davos, Switzerland (February 1991)
Nippon Fire & Marine, "Environmental Issues Affecting Investments and Business Operations in the United States and Europe,” Tokyo (January 1991)
International Union of Lawyers, "Environmental Law of the European Communities -- Emissions Control,” Durham, England (July 1990)
UK Institute of Directors, "Directors' Environmental Responsibilities,” London (July 1990)
Financial Times Conferences, "Industry and the Environment,” London (April 1990)
Government Institutes, "International Environmental Laws and Regulations -- E.C. Regulation of Waste and Water,” Washington, D.C., October 1989 and October 1990
“Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services: Lessons from Panama,” co-editor with S. Anisfeld, D. Newcomer, M. Fotos, Special Issue of the Journal of Sustainable Forestry (forthcoming)
“Overview Report on the Experience of International Financial Institutions and International Funds in Investing in Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries,” with R. Meeks, G. Walker, S. Wallander, background paper for the report of the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on “Experience of international funds and multilateral financial institutions relevant to the investment needs of developing countries in meeting their commitments under the Convention,” FCCC/SBI/2005/INF.7, November 2005
“Business and Finance and Climate Change,” with W. Ellis, background paper for the Yale/Aspen Conference on Climate Change: Science to Action, October 2005
“Market Frameworks for Improved Urban Environments,” background paper for the Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting Seminar Series on Financing the City, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2005
“Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Urban Environments,” to be published in the proceedings of the Yale-IGES International Workshop on Urbanization and Environmental Change, New Haven, April 2004 (forthcoming)
“Emerging markets for ecosystem services: individuals, cases and analytical frameworks," Book Review, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 7(1): 144-147 (2003)
“Focusing the Scope and Content of Partnership Arrangements” and “Establishing Appropriate Organisational and Contractual Arrangements,” with J. Plummer, in Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity Building in Public-Private Partnerships, J. Plummer, ed., Earthscan Publications Ltd. (2002)
"The Environmental Implications of Privatization: Lessons for Developing Countries," with M. Lovei, World Bank Discussion Paper No. 426 (2002)
“Private Capital Flows and Climate Change: Maximizing Private Investment in Developing Countries Under the Kyoto Protocol," in Climate Change and Development, L. Gomez-Echeverri, ed., Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (2000)
"Global Trends in Urban Water Supply and Waste Water Financing and Management: Changing Roles for the Public and Private Sectors," with A. Abuyuan, Working Paper, OECD (2000)
"Privatization and the Environment: Lessons Learned and Perspectives from the Experience in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan," Working Paper, World Bank Environment Department (1999)
“Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment: Boon or Bane?,” in Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment, OECD, Paris (1999)
Private Capital Flows and the Environment: Lessons from Latin America, B. Gentry, ed., Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., UK (1998)
“The Convergence of U.S. National Security and the Global Environment: Private Financing for Sustainable Development,” background paper for the Aspen Institute Congressional Program, Bermuda (November 1998)
“The Environmental Effects of International Portfolio Flows and the Actors Who Drive Them,” with L. Fernandez and D. Esty, OECD, Paris (1998)
“Encouraging Public-Private Regulatory Dialogue,” “Trade and the Environment: Environmental Management Systems and Product Eco-labels,” “Avoiding Environmental 'Disasters' in Joint Ventures,” background papers for the World Bank/Pacific Basin Economic Council Roundtable, Hong Kong, China (September 1998)
“Communicating Environmental Performance to the Capital Markets,” with L. Descano, in Corporate Environmental Strategy, 5(3) (1998)
“Evolving Public-Private Partnerships: General Themes and Lessons from the Urban Water Sector,” with L. Fernandez, in Globalization and the Environment: Perspectives from OECD and Dynamic Non-Member Economies, OECD, Paris (1997)
“Privately Financed Sustainable Development,” with S. Schmidheiny, in Thinking Ecologically: Building the Next Generation of Environmental Policy, Yale University Press, New Haven (August 1997)
“Breaking the Bottlenecks to Private Participation in East Asian Infrastructure: Environment and Resettlement Issues,” in Frontiers of the Public-Private Interface in East Asia’s Infrastructure (proceedings of the Ministerial Level International Conference on Infrastructure Development, Jakarta, Indonesia, September 1996), LPPN/INDES (August 1997)
“Foreign Investment, Globalization and the Environment,” with D. Esty, in Economic Globalization and the Environment, OECD, Paris (July 1997)
“Private Capital Flows: New and Additional Resources for Sustainable Development,” with D. Esty, in Bridges to Sustainability: Business and Government Working Together for a Better Environment, A Contribution of the Yale/UNDP Program on Public-Private Partnerships to the UN General Assembly Special Session on the Fifth Anniversary of the Earth Summit, Bulletin Series of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, no. 101 (June 1997)
“Making Private Investment Work for the Environment,” in Finance for Sustainable Development: The Road Ahead (proceedings of the Fourth Expert Group Meeting on Financial Issues of Agenda 21, Santiago, Chile, January 1997), UN Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development (July 1997)
“Valuing the Environment: How Fortune 500 CFOs and Analysts Measure Corporate Performance,” with L. Fernandez, United Nations Development Program, Office of Development Studies, Working Paper (June 1997)
Private Finance and the Environment, United Nations Development Program, Office of Development Studies, Discussion Paper No. 11 (January 1997)
“Privatization, Foreign Investment and the Environment: Case Studies of Large Scale Privatizations with Foreign Participation,” World Bank Environment Department Research Paper (July 1996)
Private Sector Investment Flows and the Environment: Defining the Opportunities and the Issues, Background Paper for the UNEP Round-Table Meeting on Banks and the Environment (September 1995)
“Sweet Home v. Babbitt: The Environmental Case of the Decade,” The American Lawyer, with A. Barber (supplement May 1995)
"Managing the Impact of Environmental Pressures on Major Projects,” 61 Project Finance International 31 (November 24, 1994)
"US Regulatory Approaches -- The Implications for Europe,” in Environmental Management Handbook, Pitman Publishing (October 1994)
"Marketing Environmental Technologies in Europe: Promises and Pitfalls,” in Environmental Policy Europe 1994, with R. Haines (Summer 1994)
Coordinating Editor for UNEP Environment and Trade Monograph, Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Mechanisms in International Environmental Conventions and Multilateral Trade Agreements, United Nations Environment Program (1995)
"Environmental Issues Facing Acquisitions Or Investments,” in European Community and Europe -- A Legal Guide to Business Development, California Trade and Commerce Agency (1993)
"Environmental Costs: Making Lenders Liable,” Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, with A. Vollman (Autumn 1992)
"Strict Liability For Environmental Damage: Is Too Much Expected Of It?,” Environment Policy Europe 1991 (Summer 1991)
"Environmental Planning and Auditing,” in Managing The Environmental Challenge In 1991, Legal Studies and Services Ltd, with R. Hawkins (June 1991)
"Environmental Issues And Business Operations In Europe,” Risk Review, Nippon Fire & Marine (June 1991)
"EC Emission Controls,” in EC Environment and Planning Law, Butterworths (1991)
Global Environmental Issues and International Business, Bureau of National Affairs, principal author (September 1990)
"Environmental Regulation in Europe: Hazardous Waste and Contaminated Sites,” 10(3) Northwestern University Journal of International Law & Business 397 (Winter 1990)
"Regulation of Hazardous Waste in the United States and Britain,” 19(43) Environment Reporter 2321 (February 24, 1989); 12(2) International Environment Reporter 82 (February 1989)
"Environmental Aspects of Multinational Acquisitions,” 11(9) International Environment Reporter 505 (September 1988)
The Law of Hazardous Waste, Matthew Bender Publications, S. Cooke ed. (July 1987)
Selected Speaking Engagements
“Climate Policy: The Path Forward for Connecticut and the Nation – panel discussion leader,” Office of Senator Joseph Lieberman, Hartford, CT, April 2006
“Markets and Payments for Ecosystem Services – panel discussion leader,” a Yale Forest Forum, New Haven, CT, March 2006
“Private Investors and Ecosystem Services,” Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Quebec, August 2005
“The Rising Momentum for Action on Global Warming,” Climate and Energy Funders Group, Annual Meeting Consultative Group on Biological Diversity, Chicago, IL June 2005
“Market Frameworks for Improved Urban Environments: Lessons from the Water Sector,” Seminar Series on Financing the City, Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey (May 2005)
“Globalization, Trade, Poverty and the Environment: Is There Common Ground?,” National Association of Environmental Law Societies Annual Meeting, Pace Law School, White Plains, NY (March 2005)
“Health, Safety and Environmental Issues in Emerging Markets,” Honeywell Corporation International Legal and Government Relations Annual Meeting, Morristown, NJ (October, 2004)
“Where is Corporate Environmental Management Going?,” Baker & McKenzie’s 12th Annual International Environmental Conference, Chicago, IL (September 2004)
Business-Environment Learning and Leadership (BELL) Annual Conference, “Responding to Market Demands for Basic Urban Services: Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Water Services,” Chicago (July 2004)
US Business Council for Sustainable Development Spring Meeting, “Ecosystem Services: Importance, Value and Business Opportunities,” New Haven (June 2004)
Yale-IGES International Workshop on Urbanization and Environmental Change, “Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Urban Environments,” New Haven (April 2004)
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Annual Meeting, “Climate Change: Who Cares?”, San Diego, CA (July 2003)
UN Global Compact, “Public-Private Partnerships,” New York (June 2003)
Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) North America, "Colloquium on Global Partnerships for Sustainable Development: The Way Forward," Washington, D. C. (December 2002)
Local Government Session of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, “Partnerships for Viable Local Economies,” Johnannesburg, So. Africa (August 2002)
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, “Building Better Networks: Networks Between Businesses and Regulators,” Denver (August 2002)
UNDP/Public-Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment Program, “Working Together to Assist the Urban Poor: Establishing an Open Community of Practice for Pro-Poor Public-Private Partnerships,” Cape Town, So. Africa (July 2002)
OECD, "Conference on Financing the Environmental Dimension of Sustainable Development: Public Private Partnerships for the Provision of Urban Water Services,” Paris (April 2002)
Earth Technologies Forum, "Early Carbon Trading Without Legal Frameworks: Creating Rights, Minimizing Risks, and Maximizing Opportunities," Washington, DC (March 2002)
The World Affairs Forum, “Global Climate Change and the Environment,” Stamford, CT (April 2001)
OECD-China Programme of Dialogue and Cooperation, "Environmental Financing," Beijing (November 2000)
Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21 and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, "Public-Private Partnership -- a Viable Concept for China's Environmental Infrastructure Development?," Beijing (November 2000)
Forbes Magazine Environmental Superconference, “International Water Project Development and Privatization – the Impact of Lessons Learned,” Washington, D.C. (October 2000)
US Forest Service Leadership Conference, “Urban Environmental Partnerships,” New Haven (October 2000)
UN Development Program and the Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21, "Public-Private Partnerships for Providing Urban Environmental Services, " Beijing (August 2000)
OECD, "Global Trends in Urban Water Supply and Waste Water Financing and Management," Working Group on Economics and the Environment, Paris (May 2000)
Norwegian Foreign Ministry and the UN Environment Programme, "The Greening of Capital Markets," Side Event to the Commission on Sustainable Development 8th Session, New York (April 2000)
US Export-Import Bank, Annual Conference, "Protecting the Environment - 'Best Practices' for Industry and International Lenders," Washington, D.C. (April 2000)
Commission for Environmental Cooperation, "Trilateral Workshop on Shade Coffee: Financing," Oaxaca, Mexico (March 2000)
Commission for Environmental Cooperation, "Experts Workshop on Environment, Trade and Investment," Montreal (December 1999)
US Agency for International Development, "Leadership Training Program: Environmental Management Systems for Municipalities," Boston (November 1999)
UNDP and the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft, "Public Private Partnerships for Urban Environmental Services: New Approaches in Development Cooperation," Bonn (November 1999)
The UN Institute for Training and Research and the German Management Academy of Lower Saxony, "Public-Private Partnership for Sustainable Development," New York (August 1999)
The Inter-American Development Bank, "Business and the Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Strategic Framework for the Multilateral Investment Fund," Washington, D.C. (June 1999)
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation, "Global Production and Sustainable Development: Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment," on the occasion of the 7th meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, New York (April 1999)
The Arch-Diocese of Cleveland, "Church in the City Program: Urban Sprawl and the Environment," Cleveland (March 1999)
OECD, "Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment," The Hague (January 1999)
Aspen Institute Congressional Program, “The Convergence of U.S. National Security and the Global Environment,” Bermuda (November 1998)
World Bank/Pacific Basin Economic Council Roundtable, "Expanding Public-Private Partnerships: Economic Competitiveness and Environmental Concerns in the Asia-Pacific Region," Hong Kong, China (September 1998)
World Economic Forum, "Global Environmental Issues Post-Kyoto," Geneva (July 1998)
Andean Parliament, "Economy and the Environment," Caracas (June 1998)
INCAE Business School, "Private Investment and the Environment," Costa Rica (June 1998)
ICC-Lebanon/UNDP/SBA, "Eco-Efficiency Workshop," Beirut (May 1998)
University of Florida, "Public Interest Environmental Law Conference," Gainesville (March 1998)
Government Institutes, "Latin American Environmental Law and Regulation," Miami (March 1998)
GLOBE, "Developing the Business of the Environment," Vancouver (March 1998)
Georgetown University, "Private Investment and the Environment," Washington, DC (February 1998)
OECD, “Dialogue with Dynamic Non-Member Economies on Globalization and the Environment: Evolving Public Private Partnerships,” Paris (November 1997)
University of Minnesota, "Environmental Policy: The Next Generation," Minneapolis (October 1997)
United Nations Development Program, “Mayor’s Conference: Private Capital Flows and Opportunities for Public Private Partnerships,” New York (July 1997)
United Nations Environment Program and Columbia University, “UNEP’s Third International Round-Table Meeting on Finance and the Environment: Environmental Opportunities and Issues in Private Finance,” New York (May 1997)
The Prince of Wales’s Business and the Environment Program, University of Cambridge Program for Industry, “Senior Executives Seminar: Corporate Valuation and the Environment,” Highgrove, Tetbury, England (May 1997)
American Bar Association, American Law Institute, Environmental Law Institute, “International Environmental Law: Bilateral and Multilateral Efforts to Improve Environmental Programs,” Washington, DC (May 1997)
Duke University, University of North Carolina, “The Next Generation of Environmental Policy: Private Capital Flows and Sustainable Development,” Durham, North Carolina (April 1997)
National Development Bank of Brazil, Federal Rural University of Rio, “Conditioning and Attracting International Private Investment for Sustainable Development,” Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (April 1997)
Pacific Industrial and Business Association, Santa Clara Valley Manufacturing Group, “Environmental Management System Strategies: International Developments on Strategic Environmental Management,” San Francisco (April 1997)
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, “Business and Municipality: New Partnerships for the 21st Century,” Bremen, Germany (March 1997)
Mexican Chamber of Industry, Ministry of the Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries, “Private Capital Flows and the Environment: Investment Roundtable,” Mexico City, Mexico (March 1997)
American and Inter-American Bar Associations, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, “Conference on Development, The Environment and Dispute Resolution in the Americas: New Directions for the Private Sector,” Buenos Aires, Argentina (March 1997)
United Nations Development Program, “Private Investment and the Environment: Bridging the Gap in Developing Countries,” New York (February 1997)
IIR, “Securitization and the Environment in Latin America,” New York (October 1996)
White House, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank Special Briefings, “Private Capital Flows and the Environment: Lessons from Latin America,” Washington, D.C. (October 1996)
Yale University Symposium on the Next Generation of Environmental Policy, New Haven, Connecticut (September 1996)
Government of Indonesia and the World Bank Ministerial Conference on Frontiers of the Public-Private Interface in East Asian Infrastructure, “Breaking the Bottlenecks: Addressing Environmental and Resettlement Issues,” Jakarta, Indonesia (September 1996)
Standing Committee on Environmental Law of the American Bar Association, “Sustainable Development in the Americas: The Emerging Role of the Private Sector,” Airlie House, Virginia (May 1996)
Yale University and the Avina Foundation Experts’ Workshop on Private Finance and the Environment in Developing Countries, Crotonville, New York (December 1995)
Government Institutes, “Latin America Environmental Laws and Regulations -- Environmental Issues in International Financing of Latin America Operations,” Washington, D.C. (December 1995)
United Nations Environment Programme and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Roundtable on Banking and the Environment, “Investing in the Environment -- Defining the Issues,” London (October 1995)
Bolivian Ministry of Sustainable Development and Environment, “Sustainable Industries Conference -- Manufacturing,” La Paz (June 1995)
Major Projects Association, "12th Annual Conference, Making Major Projects Happen -- Managing the Environment,” London (October 1994)
International Institute for Management Development, "Fourth International Workshop on Managing the Environment, Accounting for Environmental Excellence: The Economic Costs and Benefits of Going Green -- Environmental Liability,” Lausanne, Switzerland (October 1994)
Trier Academy of European Law, "European Efforts on Environmental Liability: US Environmental Liability -- A Model for Europe? ,” Trier, Germany (September 1994)
United Nations Environment Program, "Financial Services and the Environment -- Due Diligence Procedures,” Geneva (September 1994)
The 1994 International Banking Law Conference, "Environmental Risk in Project Finance,” London (September 1994)
Royal Geographical Society and the Major Projects Association, "The Impact of Environmental, Health and Safety Factors on Major Projects -- Contaminated Land Liability,” London (September 1994)
California Trade and Commerce Agency, "Environmental Technology Exports -- Issues and Opportunities in Europe,” San Diego, California (May 1994)
Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Community, "New Developments in E.C. Legislation on Waste,” Second European Lawyers Conference, Brussels (April 1993)
Solicitors' European Group, "Regulation of Wastes -- Trends in Europe,” SEG Annual Conference, Berlin (June 1992)
Financial Times, "Packaging and the Environment -- Legal and Business Implications,” Financial Times Conferences, London (March 1992)
World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting/World Industry Forums, Davos, Switzerland (February 1992)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Global Environmental Issues and the Construction Industry -- Developments in the European Environmental Market,” Boston (October 1991)
American Bar Association Standing Committee on Environmental Law and the President's Council on Environmental Quality, "The Role of Law in the United Nations' 1992 Conference on Environment and Development -- Technology Transfer,” Airlie House, Virginia (May 1991)
World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting/World Industry Forums, Davos, Switzerland (February 1991)
Nippon Fire & Marine, "Environmental Issues Affecting Investments and Business Operations in the United States and Europe,” Tokyo (January 1991)
International Union of Lawyers, "Environmental Law of the European Communities -- Emissions Control,” Durham, England (July 1990)
UK Institute of Directors, "Directors' Environmental Responsibilities,” London (July 1990)
Financial Times Conferences, "Industry and the Environment,” London (April 1990)
Government Institutes, "International Environmental Laws and Regulations -- E.C. Regulation of Waste and Water,” Washington, D.C., October 1989 and October 1990
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