Climate Change

House Farm Bill falls short on climate, competition, community food systems

After much anticipation, the House of Representatives released a Farm Bill, nearly eight months behind schedule.

[Watch] Finding the Funding: Federal conservation and crop insurance policy takeaways in a Farm Bill year

Watch the recording of our May 13, 2024 webinar, Finding the Funding: Federal conservation and crop insurance policy takeaways in a Farm Bill year. 

With restored NEPA, Biden administration strengthens rural community protections

MINNEAPOLIS—Today, the White House Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ) finalized reforms that would reinstate environmental protections for rural communities.

IATP comment to the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body on the draft Sustainable Development Tool

IATP submitted the following comment to the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change about the SB011 annotated agenda and related annexes on April 22, 2024.

Science Based Targets Initiative board undermines integrity of its corporate climate standard

A 2021 study estimates that companies whose equity shares trade on regulated exchanges account for about 40% of all planet-warming greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions.

US ag emissions declined in 2022. A blip or trend?

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported today that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture fell in 2022, even as overall United States emissions rose.

Costly versus cost-effective

This report takes a close look at the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), a farmer-focused conservation cost-share program. In the report, we examine the agricultural practices that EQIP helps farmers finance, how much funding went toward these practices in Fiscal Year 2023, including additional funding through the Inflation Reduction Act.

Environmental Quality Incentives Program funds expensive industrial agriculture practices, turns aspiring conservationists away

MINNEAPOLIS—A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that an outsized share of the funding for the conservation program Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) financed expensive practices with little or no conservation benefits, while two-thirds of farmer applicants were rejected from the program

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. 