Publication archives

Aug 8, 2019

Climate change and a new agricultural system

Juliette Majot

This week, the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a long-awaited report on land, climate change and agriculture.* The report’s findings confirm that the agriculture and food systems on which we now depend are no longer viable. 

Aug 1, 2019

Fixing a Broken System That Promotes Climate Change and Depletion of Global Fisheries: WTO Subsidy Reform Is Just the Tip of the (Melting) Iceberg

Sharon Anglin Treat

This story was first published in the August 2019 Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR) issue of ELR News & Analysis.

Jul 30, 2019

USDA to biotech: Call your own compliance

Dr. Steve Suppan

The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants agribusiness to sell more genetically engineered (GE) seeds and food products all over the world, as soon as possible. This rule would go beyond already controversial genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to encompass hundreds of new products of new gene and genome editing techniques. The fastest way to do that?