CGIAR researcher, Dr. Arango, a lead author for next IPCC Assessment Report
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Dr. Arango is a researcher for the Tropical Forrages Program at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), and he leads the LivestockPlus project, supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Latin America. LivestockPlus is an initiative that facilitates the development and implementation of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in Costa Rica’s and Colombia’s livestock sectors.
Dr. Arango’s work with the IPCC will start in 2019. He is the third researcher associated with CCAFS who contributes to the IPCC Assessment Reports, after Ngoni Chirinda and Rolando Barahona, both working for the LivestockPlus project.
Read our interview with Dr. Arango and his work: Livestock and the challenges of climate change mitigation
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