Identifying environmentally harmful agricultural subsidies at the international level

The report, produced by an international expert group convened by the Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS), examines the environmental impacts of agricultural subsidies and proposes pathways for defining and addressing those that are environmentally harmful. It aims to facilitate cooperative international action through mechanisms such as new disciplines, soft law guidance, voluntary commitments, or transparency tools, targeting influence on international production and consumption patterns.

• Government subsidies to agriculture significantly influence international production and consumption patterns and affect environmental, economic, and social dimensions of sustainable development.
• The report proposes several cooperative international approaches to address harmful subsidies, including the creation of new international disciplines with flexibilities, soft law guidance for subsidy design, voluntary pledges, or improved transparency mechanisms.

APA

Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (2025). Identifying environmentally harmful agricultural subsidies at the international level. https://tessforum.org/latest/identifying-environmentally-harmful-agricultural-subsidies-at-the-international-level

Chicago

Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs. Identifying environmentally harmful agricultural subsidies at the international level. 2025. https://tessforum.org/latest/identifying-environmentally-harmful-agricultural-subsidies-at-the-international-level.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forumontradeenvironmentthesdgs2025identifying, author = {{Forum on Trade, Environment, \& the SDGs}}, title = {{Identifying environmentally harmful agricultural subsidies at the international level}}, institution = {Forum on Trade, Environment, \& the SDGs}, year = {2025}, month = jun, url = {https://tessforum.org/latest/identifying-environmentally-harmful-agricultural-subsidies-at-the-international-level}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }