Publication archives

Mar 5, 2012

Submission in response to the request for comments by the Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Dr. Steve Suppan

The following submission consists of three parts; 1) a short analysis of the role of the carbon price signal in the climate investment landscape; 2) an overview of the relatively small extent to which carbon emissions markets have provid

Feb 29, 2012

Moving forward with speculation reforms

Karen Hansen-Kuhn

The food price crisis and global financial meltdown had many causes, but it would be hard to overstate the role of the deregulation and privatization policies that had taken root in the 1990s and 2000s. Globalization and financial “innovations” pushed by speculative investors also mean that when U.S. food and energy prices rise, they affect prices around the world.

Feb 29, 2012

A bitter fight with labor in a sugar co-op

Dale Wiehoff

You’ve got to believe something has gotten into the water up in the Red River Valley of Minnesota and North Dakota when a proud, farmer-ownedsugar cooperative is locking out the union. Sugar co-ops and their unions have together built a strong regional industry that is valuable to all concerned.

Feb 28, 2012

Drawing a line in the water: India’s new draft national water policy

Andrew Ranallo

It’s all too easy, especially in the United States, to take water access for granted—turn on the tap, and fill up a glass—but across the world, lines are being drawn as governments and financially interested multi-national corporations ask the same question: Who will control the world’s water and how will it be allocated?

Feb 24, 2012

Speculation Update: Progress Report on U.S. Commodity Market Reforms

The 2008 food and finance crisis ushered in a series of public debates on the causes of food price volatility and its contribution to growing hunger around the world. When U.S.

Feb 23, 2012

Q&A: Why an agriculture work program at the UNFCCC is the wrong approach for farmers, animal welfare and development

Shefali Sharma

Karen Hansen-Kuhn

Doreen Stabinsky

There is global consensus that the agricultural sector is severely affected by climate change and also contributes to it. Debates are on in numerous national and multilateral forums about the right ways to address these challenges.

Feb 21, 2012

WEBINAR: A Risky Proposition: Crop Insurance and Climate Change

Jim Kleinschmit

In 2011, a year of record floods and droughts, federal spending on crop insurance outpaced commodity crop subsidies. What does it mean to make crop insurance the largest source of federal support for farmers with the growing threat of climate change?