Frequent Triple Crisis contributor Sophia Murphy analyses the G20’s chilling effect on strong initiatives at the UN level to address food security issues, in a new commentary from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. It builds on Jennifer Clapp’s recent blog post and the recent interview with Clapp and Timothy A. Wise:
ROME, OCTOBER 2011 – Multilateralism is in crisis. It is perhaps most evident in the painful and truly frightening failure of governments to come to grips with the implications of climate change. But it was also evident on a much less well-publicized stage in mid-October in Rome, where governments were gathered at the U.N. Committee on Food Security (CFS) to discuss food price volatility…