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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Transforming the future of water at ground-breaking conference
IWMI14.02.23-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Transformative Futures for Water Security (TFWS) initiative is raising the ambition for w…
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Youth are at the center of transforming the future of water – hear what they have to say
IWMI14.02.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Youth
It is essential that young people working in water and science are ‘co-guardians’ of the…
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Lisa-Maria Rebelo celebrated as a leader in remote sensing: her advice to aspiring female researchers
IWMI09.02.23-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate Dr. Lisa-Maria Rebelo’s achieve…
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Scientific American: How Water Finally Became a Climate Change Priority
IWMI01.02.23-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Last year, the world watched as punishing heat and drought killed people in Asia…
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“Revive and Restore Degraded Wetlands”, what will it take?
IWMI01.02.23-
Biodiversity
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Mitigation
Wise use calls for balance between maintaining key wetlands functions while not unduly restricting w…
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Zambia's first farming reality TV show launched by national broadcaster
CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa10.01.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The combined impacts of climate change, rising populations, scarce resources, and growing demand for…
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Digital innovation in water quality monitoring: Fishing for solutions
CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation23.12.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Author: Patience Mukuyu (IWMI) Deteriorating water quality is a global challenge, more so in surface…
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Enhancing the benefits of integrated water storage management in Ethiopia’s Tana-Beles sub-basin
IWMI27.10.22-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Water storage, both built and natural, can be managed to address competing water demands for…
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How can we address recurring global food and fuel crises? The role of solar powered irrigation
IWMI21.10.22It seems that joint food and energy crises have become the norm: Three have now…
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Voices from Below
IWMI21.10.22-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
In Bihar, India, the existing agriculture inequalities exacerbated by the climate distress ha…
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Applying the land-water-food-energy nexus
IWMI18.10.22-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
To achieve net zero and unlock progress on multiple SDGs, we need new, coordinated action…
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Waste not, want not
IWMI16.10.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Recovery of safe and nutritious food from wholesale to consumer and safe redistribution for direct…
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Connecting the dots between crises
IWMI14.10.22-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
By Matthew McCartney and Claudia Ringler What do the floods in Pakistan, drought in the…
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From gray infrastructure to nexus planning
IWMI11.10.22Systems thinking is in the air. There’s a lot of talk about ‘breaking down silos’…
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Integrated approaches needed to address declining freshwater storage
IWMI29.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Much more work is needed to better understand and address our planet’s dwindling freshwater storag…
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Nature Asia: Forecasting a hot, dry future
IWMI27.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the driest region in the world and…
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Tribune: Groundwater recharge tech ultimate solution to urban flooding: experts
IWMI27.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
The country’s experts cognisant to the issue have forcefully suggested on Monday to adopt groundwa…
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Mail & Guardian: Governments are still not putting water security at the centre of the climate crisis
IWMI22.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
The climate crisis is a water crisis but governments around the world are still…
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