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Companies preparing for climate disclosure laws are voluntarily disclosing more — but stragglers remain

An update to our Meat and Dairy Emissions Dashboard finds more companies are disclosing more about their climate risk and emissions as new mandatory global reporting requirements go into effect.
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The New Farm Bill: In the face of farm crisis, this bill offers status quo and empty promises

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has released the following statement from Michael Happ, Program Associate for ...
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The EU’s weakened 2040 climate target: Less pressure or more risk for agriculture?

At the tail end of 2025, the European Union’s (EU) decisionmakers agreed on a 2040 climate target that was weaker than the one first proposed by the European Commission.
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MN’s Legislative Session Begins: Where things stand, and what we’re focusing on

Minnesota’s 2026 legislative session begins today. Though it is the second year of the biennium when major budget decisions are not typically made, there is a lot of pressure on this session.
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World’s largest meat company, JBS, increases emissions in five years despite 2040 net zero climate target, continues to greenwash its huge climate footprint

"Some government and business leaders are saying one thing – but doing another. Simply put, they are lying – and the results will be catastrophic." UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres That’s how UN ...
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[Watch] Introduction to the MinneAg Network

Hi, I'm Erin McKee. I'm the Community Food Systems Program director at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). So, the MinneAg Network is a project of IATP. It's co-led with partners ...
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Big meat and dairy companies rival major oil companies as sources of climate pollution

In 2018, IATP worked with GRAIN to analyze some of the biggest meat and dairy company’s climate pollution for the first time. Collecting emission and production data from the companies was a challenge ...
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Addressing climate change risks in import dependent and major food producing countries

This paper provides an analysis of how current and projected climate change risks are affecting production and trade by the major cereal producers, exporters and importers in international markets. We ...
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Three questions for USDA nominee Brooke Rollins

This article is part of a series that poses questions for key Trump Administration nominees for government agencies that intersect with farmers, rural communities and our food system. Read the rest of ...
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Spotting the hemlock woolly adelgid (ME)

The hemlock, a slow-growing, shade tolerant coniferous tree commonly found throughout Maine, is under attack by a tiny, invasive insect. As part of an effort to stem the spread of that pest, the ...
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IATP and IPS comment on the intersection of climate change, food systems, and human rights

The challenges to our climate and food systems intersect in important ways, not only because of the impacts of erratic weather on food production or the emissions generated by agricultural production, ...