IATP comments on Right to Seeds for UNHRC Working Group on Peasants

IATP submitted the following comments on February 19 to the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Peasants, in response to a call for submissions to clarify the content and scope of the Right to Seeds for a report that will be presented to the Human Rights Council in October 2026.

IATP responds to Supreme Court decision to strike down Trump’s tariffs

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has released a statement from Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Director of Trade and International Strategies, in response to the Supreme Court decision to strike down President Trump’s tariffs enacted under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA):

IATP Europe gives feedback on carbon farming methodologies

IATP Europe submitted the following feedback on February 19, 2026, to the European Commission regarding the Commission's proposed methodologies for certifying carbon removals and soil emission reductions for the implementation of the Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming Regulation (CRCF), generating agricultural carbon credits.

The New Farm Bill: In the face of farm crisis, this bill offers status quo and empty promises

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has released the following statement from Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities, in response to the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, House Agriculture Committee Republ

IATP Europe Comments on the development of pilot CRCF methodologies for livestock

IATP Europe submitted the following comments on December 18, 2025 to the research consortium, mandated by the European Commission, regarding the development of pilot methodologies for the certification of livestock credits under the European Union’s (EU) Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF). 

Climate's Emergency Brake: The imperative for a livestock transition to slow global warming

In this brief, we outline why action on methane is so urgently needed and where there are risks of a sudden shift in the policy or consumer landscape. We need to plan and fund the transition now — the longer we wait, the more extreme climate change will be, and the more disruptive the transition will be.

Feeding Climate Change: A scoring of major meat and dairy companies’ climate-related risk and emissions reporting

In this report, IATP introduces the Meat and Dairy Climate Reporting Scorecard, which confirms that the world’s major meat and dairy companies are falling short on transparent and reliable reporting of their climate risk and GHG emissions — a prerequisite for credible climate action — despite growing investor and regulatory pressure.

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. 

IATP, NFFC, and WORC comments regarding USMCA renewal

The following public comments were submitted by IATP, the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC), and the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) on October 28, 2025 to the Office of the U.S.

Roasting the Planet: Big Meat and Dairy’s Big Emissions

Roasting the Planet: Big Meat and Dairy’s Big Emissions, a new report co-authored by Foodrise, Friends of the Earth U.S., Greenpeace Nordic, and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, reveals the colossal, yet often overlooked, climate footprint of Big Meat and Dairy.