Agriculture is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions and thus both a contributor to the climate change crisis and one of the sectors most adversely affected by rising temperatures, longer periods of drought, and sudden floods. Climate change is a reality that we all live with today, and often the ones who bear the brunt of its effects are
As smallholders continue to face the ever-increasing consequences of climate shocks and impacts which put their lives and livelihoods at greater risk, the need to transform the climate adaptation capacity of land, water, and food systems only becomes ever more urgent. Providing farmers with actionable, simple, low-cost, climate-adjusted, and relevant crop management recommendations is one such pathway to enhancing resilience.
The Technical Expert Review is a critical process in the implementation of the Paris Agreement. This webinar provided an overview of the review and discussed how we at Mitigate+ and our partners can take part in the review and why. Watch the full webinar below: See more information on the CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems.
Read the blog post in Spanish here. In light of the current climate crisis, we need to profoundly rethink the way we feed the world. Today’s predominant methods of food production have proved to be devastating for our planet; the highly intensified farming systems around the world—and the resulting land degradation, biodiversity, and ecosystem loss—are key contributors to climate change.
The wide-ranging impacts of climate change and variability that extend to the economy, society, and the environment have significant security implications. The concept of climate security is based on the idea that climate change and variability exacerbate pre-existing risks and vulnerabilities among individuals and society. Consequently, this threatens the security of human well-being, the environment, economic stability, infrastructure, and energy
This webinar shared evidence and insights gathered under a pioneering project that seeks to simultaneously deliver climate mitigation and peacebuilding outcomes in Colombia through implementing sustainable land use systems. Funded by Germany’s International Climate Initiative, the IKI-SLUS Project involves undertaking extensive research in collaboration with smallholder producers and other local actors in two of the country’s conflict-affected departments, Caqueta and
By Ziqian Song On July 4, 2023, the launch meeting of the International Forum of Low-emission Agrifood Systems (IFLEAS), jointly initiated by China Agricultural University, the CGIAR Research Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems (Mitigate+), and the Beijing Representative Office, was held in Beijing. Xin Xian, vice president of China Agricultural University; Qian Keming, research fellow of the Chinese Academy of
by Mary Ng’endo, CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) Social Equity team, and Martina Mascarenhas, Communications Consultant, ClimBeR Climate change and human rights violations further marginalize indigenous peoples and local communities. Indigenous communities today, especially indigenous youth, however, are changing this narrative, and harnessing their indigenous knowledge and practices to develop new skills, use technology, and create locally-led solutions to