United Nations

Carbon markets: A reliable and practical source of climate finance?

Remarks of Jim harkness, president, IATP United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Tianjin, China

Trusting in Dark (Carbon) Markets? The UN High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Finance

Introduction

Special UN Food and Agriculture meeting should put food reserves on the table

MINNEAPOLIS/GENEVA – When the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) holds a special meeting on increasing volatility in agriculture prices on Friday in Rome, governments should consider the establishment of food reserves to help stabilize the marketplace, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).

UN General Assembly declares access to safe, clean drinking water and sanitation essential

On July 28, 2010, the UN General Assembly declared that "the right to drinking water and sanitation was essential for the full enjoyment of life." The resolution was introduced by Bolivia, and was co-sponsored by 39 countries.1 There were 122 states in favor, 0 opposed and 41 abstentions.

The New Climate Debt: Carbon Trading Wrapped in a Green Bond Proposal

As combined economic entities, members of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) exceed the size of most governments. So, when IETA made a new financing proposal just prior to last week's UN global climate talks in Bonn, attention was paid.

Food reserves needed to respond to global food crisis, civil society groups say

Minneapolis/Dublin – Civil society organizations today called on governments and United Nations bodies to honor previous commitments to explore the potential of food reserves to address hunger and stabilize agricultural markets.

Response to request for input on human rights obligations in the context of private-sector participation in the provision of water and sanitation services

Which obligations do States bear in the context of private sector participation in the provision of water and sanitation services? What should the regulatory framework put into place by States provide for? Apart from regulation, what additional measures, structures and institutions are necessary?

Speculating on Carbon Fact Sheet

This fact sheet is a summary of "Speculating on Carbon: The Next Toxic Asset" which was one of a series of issue briefing papers IATP produced for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Copenhagen. A Spanish translation is also included below.  

Comment on the Comprehensive Framework for Action on the Global Food Crisis

A comment from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy to the UN High Level Task Force on responding to the global food crisis.

Speculating on Carbon: The Next Toxic Asset

Global climate change negotiations currently treat greenhouse gas emissions as a tradable commodity. Carbon trading on poorly regulated commodity futures markets has disrupted efforts to address climate change. The planned expansion of carbon trading could also adversely affect food security.