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National Ag Day

This year, National Ag Day comes in conjunction with mounting challenges:  IPCC’s annual report of rising temperature negative impacts on ag yields, and rising food insecurity.  It also marks a …

Energy and Action Needed

Chip, chip, and away. Fossil fuel stocks at a peak; ESG stocks losing their luster; next COP meeting in Dubai; downward trend of bell curve in carbon market prices; still …

Circular Circumstances

Circular circumstances:  Starting with climate change, adverse conditions like droughts are threats to food security; geopolitics heightens the threat; and the combination jeopardizes food safety. Choosing the wrong remedies only …

De-Globalization Not Addressed

COP27 is winding down with one glaring issue left unaddressed — de-globalization.  Nationalist economic policy trends undercut climate collaboration in resource management and technologies, making net zero goals that much …

Out with the Old, In with New Outcomes

Remember Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” approach to economics and trade? Gone! Remember Carbon Reduction Target in Paris Agreement? Gone! Remember global economic growth and food security? Gone! Ending the backtracking …