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Brazil's Cop30 summit has high hopes for the planet - but will it signal a green future?
12.11.25CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane Elouafi explains in an article in The National ahead of…
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New CGIAR Evidence Sets Out Blueprint for a Low-Carbon, Regenerative and Equitable Food System Transition at COP30
10.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
As countries prepare to gather in Belém for COP30, CGIAR today launched seven new evidence-based…
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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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Water in the COVID-19 crisis: Response, recovery, and resilience
04.06.20-
Environmental health
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Health
BY CLAUDIA SADOFF ANDÂ MARK SMITH Water is essential for drinking, sanitation, and food production; …
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Australian Aid: COVID-19 and Water Resources Management
14.05.20-
Health
Reframing our priorities as a water sector The water sector has an important role to…
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Down to Earth: When COVID-19, climate collide: How south Asia can prepare itself
27.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Careful planning is needed to avoid major damage, while marshalling resources towards limiting the s…
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Why nations must prepare for natural disasters amid the current Covid-19 pandemicÂ
22.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
This week, IWMI’s scientists used Google Earth Engine to produce a map depicting the current…
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Phone app gives opportunity to improve water productivity in Lebanon
21.04.20-
Big data
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are increasingly being used in water management to…
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ET Insights: The pandemic is shining a spotlight on failure
20.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
We know that one of the most important actions everyone can take to protect ourselves…
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IWMI and Covid-19
20.04.20-
Health
The following is a statement from Claudia Sadoff, Director General, IWMI in light of the…
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Covid-19—A wake-up call for strategic and inclusive WASH planning and financing in Nepal
17.04.20-
Health
Covid-19 is a wake-up call for Nepal to urgently prioritize strategic investments in inclusive water…
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TimesLive: Fears over handwashing in Africa to stem coronavirus seen as trigger for change
23.03.20-
Health
“In the water sector we always say 'Don't waste a good crisis'," said Inga Jacobs-Mata,…
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News Trust: Fears over handwashing in Africa to stem coronavirus seen as trigger for change
22.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Aid workers and advisors said countries should seize the moment ahead of World Water Day…
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Economist Intelligence Unit: As the world’s philanthropists boost climate funding, let’s make water a priority
20.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Claudia Sadoff, Director General of IWMI, argues that our efforts to mitigate the impacts of…
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2020 the Year of #Water4Climate
20.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
This year’s World Water Day focuses on water and climate change – and how the…
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COVID-19 is a deadly reminder that inclusive water supply and sanitation matters for all of us
20.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Since the COVID-19 crisis escalated, we have been reminded daily that one of the most…
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Press Release: IWMI project enables fast access to petabytes of analysis-ready water data in Africa
20.03.20-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
A new IWMI partnership with Digital Earth Africa (DEA) will leverage state of the art…
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Delivering equality means systems change, say IWMI experts
06.03.20-
Gender equality
On International Women’s Day, Deepa Joshi shares a lesson from South Africa to demonstrate why …
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In Nepal, despite political empowerment, women find limited opportunities to shape water policy
06.03.20-
Gender equality
Researchers from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) have been studying the link bet…
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Guardian.ng: Valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in fast-rising streams
19.02.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
“For countries to progress, there is a need to invest in a supportive regulatory and…
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Press Release: Project makes water from the sun for climate smart farming
18.02.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
World’s largest user of groundwater for agriculture looks to solar for a more sustainable future.…
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