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IATP Europe comments on the National Plans element of the EU’s next long-term budget

IATP Europe submitted the following comments on November 3, 2025 to the European Commission regarding the National and Regional Partnership Plans element of the EU’s next long-term budget. 

UN committee creates space for collaborative responses in support of just food system transitions

Against the backdrop of multilateralism facing multiple challenges, and the UN remaining a spectator to unprecedented levels of unilateral coercive measures that are suffocating economies, obliterating communities, and impacting millions of lives in the Global South, Ukraine, and the Middle East, it was a relief to see governments coming together last week to adopt 

Three questions for CFTC Chair nominee Brian Quintenz

Later today, the White House nominee for Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Brian Quintenz will appear before the Senate Agriculture Committee. Quintenz is a former CFTC Commissioner.

Three questions for nominated SEC Chair Paul Atkins

Atkins’ nomination to chair the SEC is part of the latest attempt by the Trump administration to overhaul an independent agency and would have serious consequences for our ability to address growing climate risk. IATP proposes the following three questions for nominee Atkins.

The Farm Bill Uprooted Episode Three: Discredited

How does credit access shape our food and agriculture system? In Episode Three of the Farm Bill Uprooted, hear from IATP’s Dr.

Comment on the Oversight of the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance

The following letter was sent on July 25, 2023 and signed by Animal Legal Defense Fund, Family Farm Defenders, Farmworker Association of Florida, Food & Water Watch, HEAL Food Alliance, In Defense of Animals, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, National Family Farm Coalition and Union of Concerned Scientists. 

IATP comment to the SEC on the proposed rule for “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors”

The following comment was summitted to Securities and Exchange Commission Secretary Vanessa A. Countryman regarding the proposed rule on the “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” on June 17, 2022.  Dear Ms. Countryman,

Do investors have a right to know about climate-related financial risks?

As IATP noted in a mid-April FAQ, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released for comment a nearly 500-page proposed rule in response to myriad investor requests for standardized and comparab

Q&A: The SEC’s proposed rule on the disclosure of climate-related financial risk

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposed rule on mandatory corporate disclosure of climate-related financial risks in March 2022. The proposed rule will require all publicly traded companies, including major food and agriculture corporations, to disclose their annual climate emissions and other information relevant to investors.

IATP welcomes SEC climate financial risk disclosure rule as first step in holding companies, including agribusiness, accountable to investors, regulators and the public interest

Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released for public comment a proposed rule on the disclosure of climate-related financial risk by U.S. companies, including food and agriculture firms, listed for trade on SEC-regulated exchanges.