This year's theme of World Water Day is Valuing Water. While policy makers tend to focus only on the economic value of water, we owe it to ourselves and future generations to treat water in a way that recognizes water as invaluable beyond its economic worth.  

On World Water Day, also dive into learning about water futures markets by reading "Futurizing water prices: How, why and who may benefit?" and signing up for the March 24 webinar "Water Financialization 101: Water Futures, Water Markets and Reclaiming the Water Commons".

As the climate crisis increasingly impacts rural communities in the US, corporate capture of the climate agenda threatens to undermine efforts to hold polluters accountable and bolster resilience in rural communities. This webinar will focus on grassroot concerns about carbon markets in agriculture.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a worldwide health crisis, upending day-to-day life, destabilizing the global economy and impacting international politics. This ever-evolving tragedy will greatly impact our food systems, federal food assistance programs, farmers and farmworkers, ranchers and fisherpeople, and food producers.

As the repercussions of the pandemic unfold, IATP will continue to respond to emerging challenges, publish our work and share our partners’ efforts on our COVID-19 page.