Carbon markets

IATP responses to a public consultation paper on Science Based Targets Initiative net zero standard for Forestry Land and Agriculture Group (FLAG) of companies

To read the full comments submitted on February 18, 2022, please download a copy of the comments here. 

Emissions of Europe’s 20 Biggest Meat and Dairy Corporations Outstrip the Netherlands

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The EU must act on Big Meat and Dairy’s emissions

In our new report, Emissions Impossible Europe: How Europe’s big meat and dairy are heating up the planet, IATP has calculated the emissions of 35 of the largest meat and dairy corporations with headquarters in the European Union (EU) and Switzerland. The findings are alarming.

Joint letter on carbon farming in the "Restoring Sustainable Carbon Cycles" initiative

Download a PDF of the letter.  Dear Executive Vice-President Timmermans,

Countries come up short again at COP26, agriculture largely sidelined

MINNEAPOLIS/BERLIN—The logistic and pandemic-challenged United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP26) concluded this weekend.

A new trade vision for a Green New Deal

The following article was originally published on Business & Human Rights Resource Centre on November 9, 2021. 

UN climate talks must prioritize strong commitments to cut real emissions by 2030, not net zero promises

MINNEAPOLIS/BERLIN—On the eve of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP26), the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) urges the United States and other governments to commit to major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, rather than weak 2050 “net zero” commitments.