Cherán’s Lesson for Sovereign Strategy
Policy makers do not usually look to Indigenous towns of 20,000 people for models of national policy. They should start. In 2011 the Purépecha community of Cherán, facing the collapse of its forest and the effective takeover of its territory by a drug cartel, executed one of the cleanest demonstrations of institutional regeneration in modern […]
The End of the Hollow Smart City
A District That Pays the Planet Back Drive into the Integrated Smart Sustainable Eco-Healthcare District (ISSSEHCD) in Sharjah today and the first sensation is silence. There are no diesel generators coughing in the service yards, no delivery trucks idling with engines running, only the low hum of a city district that already produces more renewable […]
Counting Carbon Credits: The Fourth Financial Dimension for Institutions of the 21st century
Defining Carbon Yield In project finance, deals have traditionally hinged on three core variables: the timeline of cash flows, the net present value of returns, and the risks that could derail them. Introduce a fourth, carbon yield, and the entire structure tilts toward higher, more resilient profits. Carbon yield is straightforward: it quantifies emissions reductions […]