NSAC Comments on the Fiscal Year 25 CSAF List

The following comment was sent to Deputy Chief, Science and Technology Noller Herbert and National Climate Coordinator Dana Ashford-Kornburger of the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture on March 15, 2024.  Deputy Chief Herbert and Coordinator Ashford-Kornburger,

IATP Comment on Voluntary Carbon Markets — IOSCO Consultation Report

IATP submitted the following comment to the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on March 3, 2024. 

IATP Comment to the CFTC on Listing of Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts

IATP sent the following comment to secretary of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on February 16, 2024.

IATP Comment to the California Air Resources Board on the Low Carbon Fuel Standard

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the California Air Resources Board (CARB) proposed amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). IATP is a 38-year-old, non-profit organization with headquarters in Minnesota that works nationally and internationally for fair and sustainable food and trade systems.

IATP comment to the U.S. Department of Forest Service on CCS special use exemption

The following comment was submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service on December 14, 2023 regarding the CCS special use exemption (RIN 0596–AD550.

Climate crisis demands urgent action, not empty promises, from governments at COP28

MINNEAPOLIS—As governments and civil society prepare to gather in Dubai for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP28), the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) calls for urgent meaningful commitments from global agri-food industries to c

IATP reacts to USMCA dispute panel ruling on Canada’s dairy supply management program

MINNEAPOLIS—A United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute panel ruled on Friday that Canada is not violating its trade obligations by limiting reduced-tariff dairy imports from the U.S. to maintain its domestic supply management system. A previous dispute over the same issue was decided in favor of the U.S. in 2022.

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. 

Farm Bill extension locks in status quo that leaves behind farmers, eaters

MINNEAPOLIS—Yesterday, Congress extended the current 2018 Farm Bill for an additional year. The fate of the Farm Bill has remained uncertain since its expiration at the end of September until Speaker of the House Mike Johnson included an extension of the current Farm Bill through September 2024 in the continuing resolution.

National Climate Assessment underscores need to invest in resilient, agroecological food systems

Minneapolis—The Fifth National Climate Assessment, released today by the White House in coordination with federal agencies, reinforces the need to build a more resilient and agroecological food system, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.