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Carbon markets: performance and alternatives

Produced for Economic Perspectives on Global Sustainability by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Commission on Environment, Economic and Social Policies (CEESP).

Group Comments Submitted to the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA)

The following three documents were submitted to SBSTA by a coalition of groups providing comments on Decision 1/CP.18. #1 - Non-market-based approaches: Decision 1/CP. 18, paragraph 48: Views from Parties and admitted observer organizations on the matters referred to in paragraph 47 of document FCCC/CP/2012/L.14/Rev.1.

TPP: Doubling down on failed trade policy

The 16th round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) began this week in Singapore.

Resilience means taking the long view on climate change

In our final “Climate change, agriculture and resilience” video—the series we’ve been publishing all week in the lead up to the MOSES Organic Farming conference—it’s all about being different.

In a changing climate, farming’s a risky business

Farming is risky for anyone: volatile markets and unpredictable weather can make planning and execution from season to season a difficult prospect. Make that double with the extreme weather climate change is bringing. Sure, there is crop insurance in some cases, but what about farmers like Mike Brownfield?

Finding a balance: A farmer’s role in climate change

How can we balance the environmental impacts of farming with our need to continue producing food?

Building stability through biodiversity: Facing climate change with Martin and Loretta Jaus

“I think we came in April and it was within a month or two when all the ground was still bare and black and we had one of those two- or three-day blows and I had drifts of soil on my window sills and I'm thinking ‘Hmmm this isn't good.’ That was probably what sparked us to start making some of the changes we did.”

Climate change meets resilience: Real farmers solving real climate problems with sustainable solutions

Update: All five videos are now available at the following links: 

Water Grabbing to Follow Food Speculation?

Rural climate confab leads to new network

Last week, IATP, in partnership with Sustainable Northwest and the National Rural Assembly, hosted the kick-off meeting in Minneapolis for a new initiative: the Rural Climate Network, designed to support rural action and education around climate change.