International

Time for US and EU to regulate factory farms’ greenhouse gas emissions

The largest hog and dairy operations in the U.S. are run more like factories than farms. They concentrate thousands of animals indoors and produce massive amounts of manure, which is often turned into liquid and sprayed on farm fields. This factory farm system is a major source of the potent greenhouse gas (GHG) methane. Yesterday, U.S.

Will new NAFTA block Biden's progressive regulatory policies?

Originally published on The Hill on March 19. 

A new leader for a new era: A WTO Agenda for the 2020s

Written for and originally published in IISD Trade and Sustainability Review, Volume 1, Issue 2, March 2021. 

Detener la carrera al barranco en la política comercial

Publicado en The American Prospect, 15 de marzo de 2021.   

Mexico to ban glyphosate, GM corn: Presidential decree comes despite intense pressure from industry, US authorities

Originally published on Inter Press Service (IPS News) on February 24, 2021. 

Selling the past as innovation in Africa

Originally published on Food Tank on February 11, 2021. 

Paris Agreement: Biden's chance to restore international standing

The following op-ed originally appeared on The Hill on January 22, 2021. 

India at a turning point

The Indian Farm Bills to force farmers to “get big or get out”?

New factsheets on EU-Mercosur deal expose risks to both regions

Last week, Brazil National Space Research Institute (INPE) reported the highest rate of deforestation in the Amazon since 2008. Between August 2019 and July 2020, 11,087 square kilometers were deforested in the Amazon under the Bolsonaro government. The latest figures come on top of rising deforestation rates in previous years.