The CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform has named the CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems, otherwise known as Mitigate+, as among the awardees of USD100,000 grants to apply women’s empowerment metrics to research on climate change. The metrics allude to pro-WEAI, the version of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) that is intended for project use. WEAI uses interviews of
By Marco Nilgen, Lena Untermayer and Björn Vollan Within the framework of the CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems, known as Mitigate+, our research group is investigating the citizens’ jury approach as a potential “deep-leverage” intervention for sustainable food systems transformation in the Global South. This joint research project, conducted with representatives from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI),
Ahead of the first-ever UNFCCC Global Stocktake at COP28 –– a crucial moment to assess global progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement, –– representatives from governments, UN agencies, civil society organizations, and the private sector came together during Climate Week NYC on September 19, 2023, to reflect on progress to date, what course correction is needed to align
by Mary Ng’endo Kanui,ClimBeR, Nyang’ori Ohenjo, CEMIRIDE, Jeptoo Kibichum, CEMIRIDE, Martina Mascarenhas, ClimBeR For generations, Indigenous Peoples (CEMIRIDE, 2010) have been custodians of the natural environment. Yet, these same custodians are the ones who often disproportionately suffer the impacts of climate change. This is why it is imperative that building resilience to climate change must ensure that indigenous peoples’ voices
The Philippines is the seventh top rice-producing country in the world, but disasters threaten that status and the country’s dream of rice sufficiency. On average, the archipelago experiences approximately 20 tropical cyclones annually, with close to 10 making landfall. Apart from cyclones, the Philippines is also vulnerable to other natural hazards such as droughts, landslides, and floods. With the
While the Philippine government has set an ambitious goal of 97.4% rice self-sufficiency by 2028, the impact of climate change, among many other factors, stands in the way of that goal. In 2022, super typhoon Noru (locally named Karding) hit the country around this year, which set back the country’s production forecast of 12.41 million metric tons of milled rice
by Giriraj Amarnath, International Water Management Institute, and Martina Mascarenhas, ClimBeR Inequality is a powerful determinant of who bears the brunt of a disaster. The poor and marginalized who often live in more hazard-prone areas, with poor infrastructure, and lack access to health care and other services are only further at risk from disasters. In this lens, poverty is both
An archipelago of over 7,600 islands, the Philippines rests on a typhoon belt and is prone to flooding and landslides. Climate change stands to exacerbate these natural disasters: the World Bank’s “The Philippines Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR)” estimates that “climate change will impose substantial economic and human costs, reducing GDP by as much as 13.6 percent of GDP