The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has written a series of six issue papers on different aspects of the role of agriculture in responding to the global climate crises. These papers collectively call for an integrated framework for climate change policy that emphasizes the unique role agriculture plays in the world. The papers cover the following issues: Paper 1: the link between agriculture and climate change – how agriculture impacts and how it is impacted by CC.

The Guardian's recent myth debunking feature lists an organization called Sandbag that focuses its work on the European Emissions Trading Scheme . It buys up emission permits in order to reduce the pool that's available on the European market. Here's the debunked myth in full: What they tell you: Turning off the lights saves CO2 What they don't tell you: It makes sense for individuals to use less electricity to help reduce the emissions of British power stations.

This synthesis of academic and non-academic literature highlights what is and is not known about public attitudes to environmental change. It reviews attitudes and responses to: climate change; specific climate change impacts (i.e. flooding, heat stress and rising sea levels); changes in ecosystems, landscapes and species; energy technologies and infrastructure (including renewables, fossil fuels and nuclear energy); and different campaigns and engagement activities and their successes and different theories associated with environmental change attitudes.

The Nitrogen in Europe project adopts a multidisciplinary approach to examining and tackling the main problems of excess nitrogen. It identifies nine main problems associated with excessive nitrogen use: aquatic, coastal and terrestrial eutrophication, acidification, climate change, photochemical smog, urban air quality, particles, and stratospheric ozone depletion. The project has recently drafted a declaration on nitrogen and the food chain which you can read here.

Premier Foods (manufacturers of brands such as Hovis, Sharwoods, Mr Kipling, Quorn, Ambrosia, Angel Delight, Bisto, Cadbury, etc) is moving forward its target on 100% sourcing of sustainable palm oil. The original target (made in 2008) was to source all its palm oil from sustainable sources by 2011. The target has now been moved forward to the end of 2010.

As part of the Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) Programme, researchers at the universities of Surrey and Bangor investigated the wider implications of including details of carbon footprints on food labels. This briefing paper summarises the key findings and also refers the reader to the papers upon which this briefing paper is based.