Fact Sheets
Five Reasons Carbon Markets Won’t Work for Agriculture
Published April 29, 2011
Carbon markets are viewed as the primary source of climate financing. The experience to date demands a reevaluation of their ability to exact real, sustainable change, particularly in relation to agriculture. Here are five reasons why poorly designed and regulated carbon markets should not be part of a global climate...
The Minneapolis Mini Farmers Market Project
Published January 31, 2011
While some Minneapolis neighborhoods enjoy a bountiful supply of healthy foods, others do not. IATP’s Mini Farmers Market project is helping to address this challenge by bringing fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods that lack healthy food options. In 2010, 21 Mini Farmers Markets were operating across...
Following Civil Society's Lead on Climate Solutions
Published December 1, 2010
In 2009, when IATP published its first climate series prior to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Copenhagen, there was genuine hope that governments would make significant progress towards a global response to climate change. That progress never materialized, and cynicism...
Why We Need Food Reserves
Published October 10, 2010
The recent food price crisis had devastating consequences for world hunger. During the peak of the crisis, from March 2007 to March 2008, the global price of rice increased 74 percent (most of that in a few weeks); the price of wheat more than doubled, rising 130 percent during the same period. Prices in local markets...
WTO Rules and Food Reserves
Published October 10, 2010
World Trade Organization (WTO) rules governing agriculture do not actually make the operation of a grain reserve impossible, but they do create uncertainties. It is time for governments to think again about the framework for agricultural trade rules. 1. Financing a Reserve It costs money to establish and run a public...
Food Reserves In Practice
Published October 10, 2010
Growing government interest and support for food reserves has been evident in various international forums of late. At the same time, policymakers have been slow to act, reluctant to move away from twenty or more years of economic orthodoxy that has insisted supply shocks are best resolved through international trade...
What Next on Food Reserves?
Published October 10, 2010
The public debate on food reserves is shifting from an ideological discussion about markets versus public action to one focusing on the technical, political and institutional feasibility of a system of food reserves. Food reserves can be an important tool to achieve more stable food supplies and prices for consumers,...
Trusting in Dark (Carbon) Markets? The UN High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Finance
Published October 3, 2010
Introduction At the Copenhagen climate talks in December 2009, one of the most contentious issues was financing: money to assist developing countries to both adapt to and mitigate climate change. To develop proposals on this critical issue, the United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Advisory Group on Climate...
Minnesota Green Chemistry Forum Fact Sheet
Published September 1, 2010
The Minnesota Green Chemistry Forum is committed to fostering a common understanding among businesses, government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and academia to advance green chemistry practice and policy in Minnesota and nationally. Green Chemistry is the the design, development and implementation of chemical...
The New Climate Debt: Carbon Trading Wrapped in a Green Bond Proposal
Published June 7, 2010
At the May 31–June 11 Bonn negotiations on climate change, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) members will be trying to sell their new proposal on “green sectoral bonds.”1 Like a conventional bond, the “green sectoral bond” is a debt instrument issued for a specific...
