What’s wrong with environmental impact assessments?

The world is to invest $90tn in infrastructure in the next 15 years alone. Well regulated, impartial professionals need to test the impact such changes will bring to the environment, says Maxwell Gomera.

What’s wrong with environmental impact assessments?

The world is to invest $90tn in infrastructure in the next 15 years alone. Well regulated, impartial professionals need to test the impact such changes will bring to the environment, says Maxwell Gomera.

Walhi, Indonesia’s largest environmental organisation, recently took the government to court for issuing construction permits to a Chinese company based on what they allege was a “deeply flawed” environmental impact assessment.

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