International

EU’s double standards on double counting

At this year’s COP28, countries will try again to adopt rules for carbon offset trading, in particular, for removals, under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement.

Global Methane Pledge’s slow start

Two years ago, more than 120 countries (now 150), led by the United States and European Union, signed the Global Methane Pledge at COP26. The Pledge committed to reduce global methane emissions 30% by 2030, but only two years later, countries are badly off track.

Mil-palabras for milpas and trade and food justice

The Milpa system is an agroecological cropping method in Mexico dating back thousands of years in which complementary crops such as corn, beans and squash are cultivated together in ways that nurture the soil and our bodies.

IATP, Rural Coalition and the Alianza Nacional de Campesinas submission on USMCA GM corn case

The following submission was submitted electronically on November 7, 2023 to the TMEC Secretariat, Mexican Section by IATP, the Rural Coalition and the Alianza Nacional de Campesinas.

Video interview: An inside look into the CFS with IATP

This week, IATP Executive Director Sophia Murphy is in Rome at the United

A week in the life of the climate movement

In mid-September, New York hosted Climate Week NYC, an annual fixture hosted by an international nonprofit called the Climate Group in partnership with the United Nations (U.N.) and New York City.

Worlds collide on science of public health

I had just returned from an exhilarating, intellectually stimulating week in Mexico City when the news broke that the United States government had escalated its challenge to Mexico’s restrictions on genetically modified (GM) corn to the level of a formal dispute under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA).

Trade flows and trade policies driving deforestation

It seems every day the climate catastrophe inches closer to us. Last week, dense smoke from wildfires in Canada led to severe air quality alerts across the East coast of the United States, with a stinking yellow haze coating the skies.

Farmers’ Seed Systems: Strategic sites of agroecology

This article is the 11th in a series highlighting the work of our colleagues around the world to build agroecological practices, science and movements. Agroecology has emerged as a set of practices based on principles that guide how to produce food sustainably, as well as how to manage the social

Un cartel corporativo fertiliza la inflación de los precios de los alimentos

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