Environment

The “deal” in Durban: What happened on agriculture at the climate talks?

There is little doubt that agriculture is both affected by and directly affects climate change. Exactly how to address agriculture within the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UFCCC), however, is not easy to answer. Before Durban, negotiating text had been circulating since before the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit, virtually unchanged for two years.

IATP at Durban

 The COP17 climate talks are wrapping up and IATP staff are on their way home from Durban, South Africa. Throughout the 10-day summit, IATP met with media representatives, delegates and NGO partners on a range of issues related to agriculture and climate change. We’ve prepared a summary of press coverage from Durban and a compilation of materials that the IATP team produced during the summit. A post-conference report will be available as soon as staff have returned.

Wearing blinders: The UNFCCC and agriculture's adaptation challenge

Doreen Stabinsky is blogging for IATP from the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa. One of the major issues being considered here at COP17 is adaptation. 

The Durban pantomime

IATP’s Steve Suppan is blogging from the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa.

Stakes are high for agriculture at climate talks

 IATP’s Karen Hansen-Kuhn is blogging from the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa.

Agriculture and the Green Climate Fund: Two U.S. bargaining chips at the climate talks

IATP’s Steve Suppan is blogging from the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa.

Civil society in Durban: "Reject carbon markets for agriculture"

As the global climate talks began this week in Durban, South Africa, IATP joined more than 100 civil society organizations in calling for countries to reject efforts to place agricultural soils within a carbon market.