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Submission in response to the request for comments by the Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: New market mechanism

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Q&A: Why an agriculture work program at the UNFCCC is the wrong approach for farmers, animal welfare and development

There is global consensus that the agricultural sector is severely affected by climate change and also contributes to it. Debates are on in numerous national and multilateral forums about the right ways to address these challenges.

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.

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

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.

Workshop in Kenya on the politics of agriculture in the climate talks

The Africa Biodiversity Network, ActionAid Kenya, the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance and IATP held a workshop in Thika, Kenya in late October to discuss what is at stake for food producers and African agriculture as African governments head to the global climate talks in Durban in a few weeks to decide whether to launch an agriculture work program.