Publication archives

Dec 15, 2009

Proposals for a strong agriculture agenda in Copenhagen

While IATP staff (among many other delegates, NGOs and even country delegates) have been struggling to stay on schedule in Copenhagen due to over-booking (on the part of the UNFCCC), our press conference today (December 15) went on as scheduled.
Dec 15, 2009

"Big River" Nets Big Donation for Mississippi River Gorge Stewards Program

IATP staffers (from left) Abby Rogosheske, Julia Olmstead, and Mark Muller proudly handed over $2000 in proceeds from the "Big River" movie premiere to the Friends of the Mississippi River's Gorge Stewar
Dec 15, 2009

The waiting game in Copenhagen

by
Ben Lilliston
In this information age, most of us just want the bottom line from our news. We read the headlines, skim some paragraphs, check out the graphics—information in short, efficient bursts. But if the climate talks fall apart, it will be important to understand how and why they weren't successful.
Dec 15, 2009

Eyeless in Copenhagen

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
We have been told, by more than one speaker of very different viewpoints about climate change, that nothing less than the future of the planet will be negotiated in Copenhagen.
Dec 14, 2009

Agriculture walks the tightrope in Copenhagen

by
Ben Lilliston
At the massive global climate meeting taking place this week in Copenhagen, agriculture has played a largely secondary role.
Dec 11, 2009

Climate, agriculture and water

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that water will be particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Effects on water, whether flooding or drought, inevitably affect agriculture and food security; and of course agriculture, particularly heavily irrigated agriculture, affects both water and the climate.
Dec 11, 2009

Climate Inequity

by
Shalini Gupta
Dr. Cecilia Martinez
This is one in a series of issue briefs IATP produced as a lead in to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that was held in Copenhagen.
Dec 11, 2009

US on the wrong track

by
Anne Laure Constantine
Long, long meeting this afternoon (Dec. 10) on sectoral language for agriculture. First of all, there is confusion as to what the text will end up being—part of a comprehensive Copenhagen agreement? A separate COP decision? Something else still? Everything seems pretty much up in the air on this topic as different countries hold very different views on this matter.