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15.11.25
COP30 Delegates at the Embrapa/Gates Foundation Innovation Showcase
The United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark, and Canada reaffirm their commitment to sustainable, resilient food systems amid a global agricultural crisis.
COP30, Brazil, November: CGIAR is thrilled to receive over USD 142 million in pledges from its generous funders, aimed at advancing agricultural research and innovation for a climate-resilient future.
During the Agricultural Innovation Showcase at COP30, hosted by Embrapa and the Gates Foundation on November 10th, the United Kingdom (GBP 76 million), Denmark (USD 18.5 million), and Belgium (EUR 16 million) strengthened their commitment to CGIAR’s mission of uniting research, policy, and finance innovations, to help close the adaptation finance gap and drive science solutions to ongoing global agricultural challenges.
On November 13th, Canada then committed C$8 million to advance CGIAR’s partner-led research on reducing agricultural emissions while building resilient, equitable land, water, and food systems that support climate adaptation for rural farmers on the frontlines of the agricultural crisis.
“We are deeply grateful for the generous investment in our research today,” said Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director of CGIAR, “Agricultural innovation is central to how the world can adapt, mitigate, and thrive amid a climate crisis. This funding will enable us to continue generating the evidence-based data that countries need to build the business case for adaptation, while ensuring that our partner-led science delivers measurable impact across food, land, and water systems.”
A key focus of COP30 is the shift towards approaches that track climate action – guiding adaptation finance and turning climate commitments into country-level progress. Key to this effort is the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), a framework that evaluates real-world climate risks and offers relevant solutions. Through its partner-led research, CGIAR provides evidence-based data that countries need to set GGA indicators and measure progress, in turn attracting and aligning finance to support smallholder resilience.
“The climate and nature crisis is increasingly putting global food supplies under pressure, “ said Ruth Davis OBE, UK Special Representative for Nature. “This is why the UK and our partners are backing CGIAR to develop new agricultural technologies. The UK’s investment in the CGIAR to date has helped millions of farmers to increase the resilience of their crops to drought and disease and contributed to the food security of millions of people.”
CGIAR’s partner-led research provides a return of $10 for every $1 invested, making agricultural R&D one of the most cost-effective solutions to global challenges. Yet global funding for agricultural R&D is declining just when it is most urgently needed. Despite producing one-third of the world’s food, agriculture receives only 1.7% of climate finance, mostly focused on crisis response rather than the science and innovation that can address the root causes of hunger and poverty.
“The climate crisis affects us all and agri-science is one of the critical drivers for resilient and inclusive food systems globally,” said Jacob Jensen, Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries. “Therefore, we are proud to commit to the scaling of CGIAR’s partner-led agricultural innovations for the next four years, supporting farmers in the Global South, including small-scale farmers, as they are the most vulnerable.”
CGIAR, the world’s largest publicly funded agricultural research network, brings together hundreds of donors and partners across more than a dozen international research centers, all united by the belief that science can solve the most pressing challenges facing agriculture and rural livelihoods today. With operations in over 80 countries, mainly in the Global South, CGIAR continues to scale proven technologies by co-developing agricultural innovation alongside partners, countries, and farming communities.
We are committed to advancing research and development in agricultural innovation,” said Amb. Willem Van de Voorde, Special Envoy for Climate and Environment, Belgium: “Sustainable food systems are a vital tool in tackling global food and nutrition insecurity and strengthening the livelihoods of the millions of smallholder farmers who feed the world’s growing population.”
Partnerships remain central to ensuring CGIAR’s research responds to specific real-world challenges and strengthens countries’ adaptation targets. CGIAR’s partner network of national research institutes, governments, the private sector, farmers’ organizations, and civil society drives innovation and accelerates the scale-up of proven solutions that reach millions of smallholder farmers and vulnerable populations worldwide.
“Our collective future depends on the action we take to protect the environment and equip regions of the world that are disproportionately affected by climate change. By working globally and in partnership, we can build a sustainable world, one that ensures greater security, prosperity, and well-being for Canadians and people around the world alike.”
– The Honourable Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development), Canada
Backed by renewed support from funders, CGIAR will continue to embrace new technologies – from digital agriculture and artificial intelligence to biotechnology and remote sensing – to strengthen local science capacity and drive measurable innovation that helps us harness science and partnerships to build a future where agriculture is productive, resilient, equitable, and sustainable. It is a future where no one goes hungry and rural communities thrive in harmony with the environment.
About CGIAR
CGIAR, the world’s largest publicly funded group of agrifood systems research centers, is a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to transforming food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis. It has more than 9,000 staff working in over 80 countries alongside more than 3,000 partners.