Karen Orenstein

Karen Orenstein is the deputy director of the economic policy program at Friends of the Earth, where she oversees work on international public finance. Karen specializes in climate finance — to ensure the provision and effective use of funds from countries in the Global North for those in the Global South to take climate action rooted in science, justice and fairness.

Latest Articles

Opinion: The US government should steer clear of Argentina's 'Dead Cow'

over 6 years ago // Development finance

Next week, OPIC's board of directors must decide whether to accept or reject two giant fracking projects in Argentina. The U.S. government should not be in the business of exporting this environmentally and socially devastating practice to other countries.

Opinion: 5 things Trump's Paris climate speech got wrong in his attack on the Green Climate Fund

over 8 years ago // Paris climate agreement

Karen Orenstein, deputy director of economic policy at Friends of the Earth U.S., sets the record straight.

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