Climate Change

Carbon Farming Won't Save the Planet

At first glance, funding climate action through soil carbon credits instead of taxpayer dollars may seem like a win-win solution. But real-world evidence suggests that improving soil health and supporting farmers as they adapt to more sustainable practices would be far more effective.

Corporate Climate Disclosure Rules: A Global Overview

A wave of new policies is making climate-related disclosures mandatory for a large swath of the global economy, including many of the world’s largest food and agriculture companies.

COP29: circumventing disagreements to start the UN carbon trading mechanism

Introduction: If we can’t agree about climate finance, let’s start a new carbon market! 

US election results pose threats to fair food and trade systems, climate efforts

MINNEAPOLIS — The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy anticipates that the incoming Trump Administration will pose immediate and serious threats to our food and trade systems, relations with international partners and efforts to slow harms caused by climate change.

COP16: The Convention on Biodiversity goes to Cali

On Oct. 21, representatives of the world’s governments will gather in Cali, Colombia for two weeks of negotiations, side events and maybe some big announcements, too. They will meet as the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD).

Open letter to the UNFCCC Article 6 paragraph 4 Supervisory Body

IATP is a co-signer of the following letter was sent on June 8, 2024 to the UNFCCC Supervisory Body, Co-Chairs and Secretariat of Article 6, paragraph 4 of the Paris Agreement.

Comment regarding Article 6.4 Sustainable Development Tool (“SD Tool”), version 09.0

The following comments were submitted electronically via A6.4mechanism-info@unfccc.int to UNFCCC Chair Ms. Maria Al Jishi and Vice Chair Mr.

The UN carbon trading negotiations and carbon market fraud

Negotiators from 12 government members (“Parties”) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meet Oct. 5-9 to try to agree on the terms of several texts required for Parties to begin selling greenhouse gas emissions reduction credits to “Non-Parties,” mostly private investors.

IATP statement on the CFTC approval of guidance to industry on voluntary carbon market credits

MINNEAPOLIS— On Sept. 19, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted to approve final guidance to commodity exchanges planning to offer new derivatives contracts whose underlying assets are credits based on projects intended to reduce or remove carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

IATP Comment on the Article 6.4 Sustainable Development Tool

IATP submitted the following comment to Ms. Maria Al Jishi, International Policy Advisor, Ministry of Energy, Saudi Arabia and Mr. Martin Hession Senior Policy Advisor, Department of Energy and Climate Change, International Carbon Markets Policy and Negotiations, European Commission, Ireland on August 30, 2024.  Dear Chair Al Jishi,  Dear Vice Chair Hession,