International

Resolving the Food Crisis: Assessing Global Policy Reforms Since 2007

Executive summary

Distorsionar los mercados en nombre del libre comercio

Read the policy brief in English here.

No reason for U.S. alarm over mexico’s gm-corn ban

Minneapolis—From January 9-10, Mexico and the United States will meet at a presidential summit to negotiate the timeline and scope of Mexico’s ban on the cultivation of GM corn and mandated phaseout of GM corn imports and importation and use of the herbicide glyphosate. Feeding U.S.

Collective action, democracy and Mexico's defense of its corn and food sovereignty

This article is the seventh in a series highlighting the work of our colleagues around the world to build agroecological practices, science and movements.

Distorting Markets in the Name of Free Trade

Lea "Distorsionar los mercados en nombre del libre comercio" aquí.

CISPM Letter to the Ambassador McCain and Special Representative Fowler

The following letter was sent to Honorable Cindy McCain, U.S. Permanent Representatives to the Rome-based Agencies, U.S. Mission to the Rome Agencies and Special Representative Cary Fowler, Office of Global Food Security, U.S. Department of State on December 14, 2022. Dear Ambassador McCain and Special Representative Fowler:

Can we stop trading in deforestation?

The expansion of agriculture commodity production, often for export, is the biggest driver of deforestation in the world, whether it is more land for cattle, soy for animal feed or palm oil plantations.

EU Commission Publishes CO2 Removals Proposal — Real Zero Europe Reacts

Brussels—The European Commission today delivered a proposal for a new legislative framework to certify carbon removal offsets.

Real Zero Europe Statement

To avoid the worst effects of climate chaos, we must radically transform, equitably and justly, the way we produce our food, manage our ecosystems, and power our economies. We must urgently deploy real and proven, socially just and people-led solutions and dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions at source, down to Real Zero.

Big corporations push for carbon farming offsets in the EU

On November 30, the European Commission will publish its legislative proposal for carbon removals, known as the Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF).