United Nations

The Durban pantomime

IATP’s Steve Suppan is blogging from the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa.

Stakes are high for agriculture at climate talks

 IATP’s Karen Hansen-Kuhn is blogging from the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa.

Statement on agriculture and carbon emissions trading

Statement by IATP at the 17th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in response to President Jacob Zuma's committing the South African presidency of the COP to producing a decision to start an agricultural work program as a Durban "deliverable", and what Africa will get for helping to engineer this decision.

Climate Smart Agriculture and carbon markets will be a disaster for Africa

This was issued as a joint press release by the Gaia Foundation, African Biodiversity Network (ABN) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy during the Durban UNFCCC climate talks.

COP 17 Press Briefing Gaia Foundation and IATP

At a December 2 press conference at the global climate talks in Durban, IATP’s Steve Suppan, Anne Wanjiku Maina of the African Biodiversity Network, Teresa Anderson of the Gaia Foundation and Helena Paul of EcoNexus talked about the dangers for Africa of including agriculture within carbon markets.

Agriculture and the Green Climate Fund: Two U.S. bargaining chips at the climate talks

IATP’s Steve Suppan is blogging from the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa.

Civil society calls on African negotiators to reject carbon markets for agriculture

Civil society in Durban: "Reject carbon markets for agriculture"

As the global climate talks began this week in Durban, South Africa, IATP joined more than 100 civil society organizations in calling for countries to reject efforts to place agricultural soils within a carbon market.

At Stake in Durban: Climate Deal for the 1% or the 99%?

Factsheet produced by IATP in conjunction with eight other NGOs analyzing mitigation issues in the Durban climate talks.

Letter to African Agriculture and Environment Ministers

Letter from IATP, ActionAid International, the African Biodiversity Network and the Gaia Foundation (UK) to the African Agriculture and Environment Ministers, signed by over 100 other signatories.