Publications
Bibliography
Unpacking plastic credits: Challenges to effective and just global plastics governance
Moon, S., Tangri, N., Bonisoli-Alquati, A., Ralston, R., Bergmann, M., Syberg, K., ... & Alegado, J. E. B. (2025). Unpacking plastic credits: Challenges to effective and just global plastics governance. One Earth, 8(5). https://www.cell.com/one-earth/abstract/S2590-3322(25)00129-0
Zero Waste as An Effective Climate Strategy: Avoiding Warming Tradeoffs from Incineration
Ribeiro-Broomhead, J., & Tangri, N. (2025). Zero waste as an effective climate strategy: Avoiding warming tradeoffs from incineration. Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives Technical Guidance Series for Policymakers and Financiers on Fast Action on Waste and Methane.
Global producer responsibility for plastic pollution
Cowger, W., Willis, K. A., Bullock, S., Conlon, K., Emmanuel, J., Erdle, L. M., ... & Wang, M. (2024). Global producer responsibility for plastic pollution. Science advances, 10(17), eadj8275. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adj8275
Plastic Production Reduction: The Climate Imperative
Tangri, N., Adu-Kumi, S., & Emmanuel, J. (2024). Plastic Production Reduction: The Climate Imperative. Journal Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, 1-8.
From Commitments to Action: Designing a Just and Effective Financial Mechanism for the Global Plastics Treaty, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Tangri, N. (2024). From commitments to action: Designing a just and effective financial mechanism for the global plastics treaty. Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives. https://doi.org/10.46556/UDXP5075
Common but Differentiated Responsibility in the Global Plastics Treaty
Tangri, N. (2023, November). POLICY BRIEF: Common But Differentiated Responsibility in the Global Plastics Treaty.
Waste Incinerators Undermine Clean Energy Goals
Tangri, N. (2023). Waste incinerators undermine clean energy goals. PLOS Climate, 2(6), e0000100. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000100
Methane Matters: A Comprehensive Approach to Methane Mitigation
Changing Markets Foundation, Environmental Investigation Agency, & Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives. (2022). Methane matters: A comprehensive approach to methane mitigation. https://www.changingmarkets.org
Trash Taxonomy Tool: Harmonizing Classification Systems Used to Describe Trash in Environments
Hapich, H., Cowger, W., Gray, A., Tangri, N., Hale, T., Magdy, A., ... & Mock, J. (2022). Trash Taxonomy Tool: harmonizing classification systems used to describe trash in environments. Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 2(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-022-00035-1
Zero Waste to Zero Emissions: How Reducing Waste Is a Climate Gamechanger
Tangri, N., Viella, M., Moon, D., & Naayem, N. (2022). Zero Waste to Zero Emissions: How Reducing Waste is a Climate Gamechanger, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.
Wasted Opportunities: A Review of International Commitments for Reducing Plastic and Waste-Sector GHG Emissions
Tangri, N., & Ribeiro-Broomhead, J. (2021, October). Wasted opportunities: A review of international commitments for reducing plastic- and waste-sector GHG emissions. Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives. https://doi.org/10.46556/XZHC5650
Seven Key Solutions to Landfill Methane and one big mistake to avoid
Moon, D. (2021). Seven Key Solutions to Landfill Methane-and one big mistake to avoid.
Zero Waste and Economic Recovery: The Job Creation Potential of Zero Waste Solutions
Ribeiro-Broomhead, J., & Tangri, N. (2021). ZeroWaste and Economic Recovery: The Job Creation Potential of Zero Waste Solutions. Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives. doi. org/10.46556/GFWE6885.
Coral carbon isotope sensitivity to growth rate and water depth with paleo-sea level implications
Linsley, B. K., Dunbar, R. B., Dassié, E. P., Tangri, N., Wu, H. C., Brenner, L. D., & Wellington, G. M. (2019). Coral carbon isotope sensitivity to growth rate and water depth with paleo-sea level implications. Nature Communications, 10(1), 2056. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10054-x
ENSO’s Shrinking Twentieth-Century Footprint Revealed in a Half-Millennium Coral Core From the South Pacific Convergence Zone
Tangri, N., Dunbar, R. B., Linsley, B. K., & Mucciarone, D. M. (2018). ENSO's shrinking twentieth‐century footprint revealed in a half‐millennium coral core from the South Pacific Convergence Zone. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 33(11), 1136-1150. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017PA003310
12ish Things To Know About Climate Science: A Primer for Policy-Making
Tangri, N., Nevle, R., & Strong, A. (2018, January). 12ish things to know about climate science: A primer for policy-making.
The Green Climate Fund’s “No-Objection” Procedure and Private Finance: Lessons Learned from Existing Institutions
Orenstein, K., Redman, J., & Tangri, N. (2012). The Green Climate Fund's ‘No-objection’Procedure and Private Finance: Lessons Learned from Existing Institutions. Friends of the Earth| Institute for Policy Studies| Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.
Waste Gasification & Pyrolysis: High Risk, Low Yield Processes for Waste Management
Tangri, N., & Wilson, M. (2017). Waste gasification & pyrolysis: High risk, low yield processes for waste management. A Technology Risk Analysis. Waste Gasification and Pyrolysis Technology Risk Assessment. Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.
On the Road to Zero Waste: Successes and Lessons From Around the World
Tangri, N., Allen, C., Gokaldas, V., Larracas, A., Minot, L. A., Morin, M., Tyler, B., & Walker, B. (2012, June). On the road to zero waste: Successes and lessons from around the world. Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.
Waste Incineration: A Dying Technology
Incineration, W. (2003). A Dying Technology.
Bankrolling Polluting Technology: The World Bank Group and Incineration
Tangri, N. (2002). Bankrolling Polluting Technology: The World Bank Group and Incineration. GAIA, Global Alliance for Incinerators Alternatives/Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance.
Dr. Neil Tangri's body of research advances an integrated vision of climate action and plastics governance grounded in science and equity.
His work connects plastic production, waste management, and methane emissions to the climate crisis, demonstrating that upstream production limits, landfill methane reduction, and zero waste systems are among the fastest and most equitable mitigation strategies available.
At the governance level, Dr. Tangri's research critically examines the financial and policy architectures shaping global plastics action. His work warns that offset-style mechanisms can entrench inequality and delay essential production cuts if poorly designed. Across academic articles, technical guidance, and policy briefs, his scholarship consistently calls for systemic change: centering production reduction, zero waste, methane mitigation, and equitable finance to move from fragmented commitments toward effective and just global plastics governance.
