Agroecology Uprooted
With food systems and the planet in crisis, what would true resilient, sustainable, and just solutions look like? The answer may lie in a method called agroecology, a holistic approach to food, agriculture, nature, and social systems that’s already taking root around the globe. In this series from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, hear from farmers, scientists, food movement leaders, and other experts about what agroecology is, how it works, and why a transition to agroecology is needed now more than ever.
This feed also includes IATP’s three previous podcast series: How to Fight a Factory Farm, The Farm Bill Uprooted, and Uprooted: Talking COP27.
Episodes
Nov 12, 2022
Nov 12, 2022
9 min
Ahead of IATP's final days at COP27, hear from Shefali Sharma on progress at the conference and the struggle to hold governing bodies accountable.
Visit our COP27 web hub for more articles, reports and media.
Nov 11, 2022
Nov 11, 2022
9 min
With COP27 under way in Sharm El-Sheikh, hear a message from IATP's Sophia Murphy on her experience so far, recorded in the early hours before Day 5 of the conference.Learn more about Article 6.4 and what needs to be done to regulate offset markets here and visit our COP27 web hub at iatp.org/cop27-2022.
Nov 3, 2022
Nov 3, 2022
24 min
With COP27 fast approaching, and recent reports from the UNEP and the WMO warning that the world is not on track to stay below 1.5 degrees of warming, the time for real, transformative change is now. In this episode, hear from IATP Executive Director Sophia Murphy and IATP Europe Director Shefali Sharma, both of whom will be travelling to Egypt for this year's COP, on the role of civil society groups at COP and the false solutions for climate and agriculture that IATP is working to discredit.
At COP27, Shefali will be speaking on two panels which will be livestreamed for remote audiences:
Net Zero Food Systems: Fact or fiction? on November 9 at 2:30 p.m. EET/6:30 a.m. CST
Driving Systemic Change: Policy and Finance for Real Zero Solutions (with Sophia as moderator) on November 10 at 11:30 a.m. EET/3:30 a.m. CST
Find a transcript of this episode and more information about IATP's work on our website: https://www.iatp.org/blog/talking-cop27-episode-3
Oct 27, 2022
Oct 27, 2022
25 min
For almost 30 years, the world's countries have been meeting at an annual global climate conference, the UNFCCC COP, to try to coordinate responses to the accelerating climate crisis. In Episode 2 of our podcast series on COP27, we'll delve into the conference itself. Hear from IATP experts Ben Lilliston and Steve Suppan about the history and significance of the COP, starting with the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio. We’ll introduce you to how the COP works, why the conference matters for agriculture, how COP agreements have been repeatedly undermined and why it’s so difficult to achieve real progress.
Find more information and an episode transcript on our website.
Oct 20, 2022
Oct 20, 2022
22 min
Our industrialized food and farming systems are both driving the climate crisis and threatened by it. How did we get here? And what path can we take toward true climate resilience? In this episode, hear from IATP’s Senior Policy Analyst Shiney Varghese and Senior Advisor Timothy A. Wise on the realities of the current globalized system of industrial agriculture and an emerging alternative: Agroecology. While some groups, like IATP and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, are pushing for agroecology to be recognized at COP27 as a climate adaptation strategy, resisting the agribusiness-funded status quo is an uphill battle. This episode introduces listeners to that struggle and its climate justice implications in the lead-up to the UNFCCC's 27th annual global climate conference, happening November 6-18 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, COP27.
Oct 10, 2022
Oct 10, 2022
3 min
From the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy comes a new 4 part limited podcast series on climate, agriculture, and COP 27.