International

Comment on HLPE Climate and Food Security Study

HLPE Comments from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Please find the following input regarding the scope of the Climate and Food Security Study:

G-20 agriculture ministers meet in Paris with little result

On June 23, 2011, the G-20 marked a new phase in its evolution as a political entity with its first summit of agricultural ministers. Held in Paris, with a significant investment of French political energy in the process and the outcome, the meeting was nonetheless profoundly disappointing.

Small insights about the big picture in climate negotiations

Agriculture to feature as a key issue on the Road to Durban: opens up critical debates

Shefali Sharma blogged from Bonn, Germany climate talks. See her presentation from IATP's official side event for more.

Agriculture in the spotlight at Bonn climate talks

Carbon emissions trading at the Bonn climate change negotiations: alive but not so well

Five Reasons Carbon Markets Won't Work for Agriculture

Carbon markets are viewed as a primary source of climate financing. The experience to date demands a reevaluation of their ability to exact real, sustainable change, particularly in relation to agriculture. This fact sheet gives five reasons why poorly designed and regulated carbon markets should not be part of a global climate treaty.

World Water Day statement from the Water Justice Movement, March 22, 2011

World Water Day is observed every year on March 22 as a day of action to draw attention to the role that fresh water plays in our world and lives, and the challenges that lie ahead in realizing right to water for all. The past year has been momentous as far as the advancement of right to water goes. There have been two developments in the U.N.

Reclaiming rights on International Women’s Day centennial

The year 2011 started with the news of food price hikes around the world pushing even more people, especially women, into hunger. But then along came images of women in Egypt in the forefront of a revolution to get rid of a government that has been in power for over 30 years!

What Does the Right to Water Entail?

This article by Shiney Varghese was published February 28, 2011 on Alternet Given that nearly three quarters of the "water poor" belong to rural communities, it's time that international deliberations around the right to water focus on rural communities access to safe water.