Publication archives

Jan 5, 2010

Hunger and the human rights solution

As we step into a new decade, imagine we have an eraser to wipe away the tired yet relentless drive to further liberalize trade at nearly every corner—and instead, take a fresh look at what policies could help the over one billion people around the world without enough food to eat. How could
Jan 3, 2010

Drug fiends

One of the profound blessings in the age of modern medicine is that, when infection sets in, doctors can draw upon an array of antibiotics to knock the germs for a loop. Just imagine how it would have been for our ancestors, for whom a simple cut or bad tooth could mean "blood poisoning" and death.
Dec 31, 2009

Agricultural Land Acquisitions: Implications for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 1.2 billion people worldwide live with hunger. This is an increase of more than 100 million people since 2006, and represents a major setback in efforts to halve (and ultimately to eradicate) hunger in the world, an objective that governments committed to in 2000 with the adoption of the UN Millennium Development Goals.
Dec 24, 2009

Speculating on Carbon: The Next Toxic Asset

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
Ben Lilliston
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.
Dec 23, 2009

APHA: No more hormones

The American Public Health Association's (APHA) resolution to oppose the use of recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) in beef and dairy production brings much needed supp
Dec 22, 2009

Trading carbon emissions: Turning a liability into an asset?

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
Accountants are trying to decide whether credits for trading carbon dioxide are assets or whether they are liabilities unless and until firms comply with progressively more stringent annual limits on their greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S.
Dec 20, 2009

KAW comments to FDA on ADUFA data collection

KAW comments to FDA docket on ADUFA data collection.
Dec 18, 2009

Women speaking out on climate change

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
Climate justice has been the central focus of the civil society meetings at the Klimaforum this week in Copenhagen.