Publication archives

Mar 23, 2023

Minnesota agriculture emissions: The CAFO challenge

Ben Lilliston

The latest biennial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) shows major emission reductions since the last report, finding a 23% reduction in overall emissions from 2005-2020. However, it will be difficult to reduce agriculture emissions significantly without addressing the state’s continued reliance on and expansion of CAFOs.

young hogs in confinement overlaid with graph of rising greenhouse gas emissions

Mar 22, 2023

Synergies among agroecological transitions and the UN Decades on Water and Nutrition

Shiney Varghese

Sophia Murphy

The United Nations 2023 Water Conference — formally known as the 2023 Conference for the Midterm Comprehensive Review of Implementation of the U.N. Decade for Action on Water and Sanitation (2018-2028) — takes place in New York this week, from March 22-24, 2023, nearly five decades after the first U.N.

Mar 22, 2023

Call for the EU to reject carbon offsets following scandal of largest voluntary carbon offset certifier

In November 2022, the European Commission presented a proposal for an European Union (EU) Regulation on certification of activities that remove carbon from the atmosphere ('carbon removals'), which included voluntary minimum standards for companies that certify voluntary carbon offsets.

Mar 20, 2023

IATP 2023 Farm Bill Submission

Michael Happ

The following submission was submitted to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chair Debbie Stabenow & Ranking Member John Boozman on Friday, March 17, 2023. 

Mar 19, 2023

Twelve problems with the European Commission’s proposal for a Carbon Removal Certification Framework

Sophie Scherger

Shefali Sharma

This policy brief outlines 12 major concerns regarding the EC’s CRCF proposal, including overarching problems with the proposal and issues related to the agriculture and land sector.

Mar 15, 2023

Comment to the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice on the Article 6.4 Mechanism

Dr. Steve Suppan

The following comment was submitted to the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) on March 15, 2023. 

Mar 6, 2023

IATP response to the Global Stocktake guiding questions

Dr. Steve Suppan

IATP submitted the following response on March 6, 2023. 

Mar 2, 2023

Agroecology, food sovereignty and the 5th U.N. Conference for Least Developed Countries

Sophia Murphy

Shiney Varghese

On March 5, the United Nation’s 5th Least Developed Countries (LDC) Decade of Action Conference will formally open in Doha, Qatar. IATP will be there, together with an anticipated 600 or so others from civil society, mingling with Heads of LDC states and their staff, a variety of U.N.