Environment

Integrated Solutions to the Water, Agriculture and Climate Crises

This report outlines the connections between the water, agriculture and climate crises and the role industrial agriculture has played in contributing to the problem. Because these three areas are so inter-connected they can no longer be handled in isolation from each other and a comprehensive approach is now needed.

Agriculture and Climate Change: An Agenda for Negotiation in Copenhagen

Suggested negotiating outcomes for Copenhagen from IFPRI.

Letter to the Obama Administration: Legally binding treaty to reduce mercury exposure

Mercury is a dangerous neurotoxin that can make its way up the food chain into humans, and poses an increased exposure risk to developing fetuses and young children, causing permanent learning disabilities. IATP was one of over 90 U.S. and international organizations sending this letter last week to President Obama asking for U.S.

A Blueprint for Legislative Action