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Indigenous rights protected in United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement

Mexico’s ban on the use of genetically engineered corn upholds Indigenous rights and is legal under USMCA

Environmental Quality Incentives Program funds expensive industrial agriculture practices, turns aspiring conservationists away

MINNEAPOLIS—A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that an outsized share of the funding for the conservation program Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) financed expensive practices with little or no conservation benefits, while two-thirds of farmer applicants were rejected from the program

SEC climate-related financial risk rule provides some transparency, falls short of meeting investor needs

MINNEAPOLIS—Today, by a 3-2 vote, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved its final rule on the disclosure of climate-related financial expenditures, costs and risks, including those related to greenhouse gas emissions. The rule applies to U.S.

Genetically modified corn trade dispute continues with formal submission from Mexico

MINNEAPOLIS—On March 5, the Mexican government’s formal response to the United States in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade dispute was published by the USMCA secretariat.

IRA expanded access to leading conservation programs, demand still not met

MINNEAPOLIS—A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) examines the effectiveness of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in enhancing access to key federal conservation programs in Fiscal Year 2023.

Weak COP28 outcomes on climate action, finance and food systems lack needed urgency, leaving it to countries to take the lead

Before dawn in Dubai, COP28 negotiators issued a final text that included a call to transition away from fossil fuels. Yet, the call sets a feeble course for the phaseout of their use, finance commitments are weak and equity is largely ignored.

Weak COP28 outcomes on climate action, finance and food systems lack needed urgency, leaving it to countries to take the lead

Before dawn in Dubai, COP28 negotiators issued a final text that included a call to transition away from fossil fuels. Yet, the call sets a feeble course for the phaseout of their use, finance commitments are weak and equity is largely ignored.

IATP reacts to FAO’s Achieving SDG2 without Breaching the 1.5C Threshold: A Global Roadmap

MINNEAPOLIS—Today, in response to the launch of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s launch of its anticipated Roadmap to achieving SDG2 without breaching the 1.5˚ C Threshold: A Global Roadmap, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Executive Director Sophia Murphy, Ph.D., issued the following statement:

IATP reacts to FAO’s Achieving SDG2 without Breaching the 1.5C Threshold: A Global Roadmap

MINNEAPOLIS—Today, in response to the launch of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s launch of its anticipated Roadmap to achieving SDG2 without breaching the 1.5˚ C Threshold: A Global Roadmap, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Executive Director Sophia Murphy, Ph.D., issued the following statement:

Climate crisis demands urgent action, not empty promises, from governments at COP28

MINNEAPOLIS—As governments and civil society prepare to gather in Dubai for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP28), the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) calls for urgent meaningful commitments from global agri-food industries to c