By: Georgina Smith When food is wasted, the emissions used to produce it are wasted too. And while the food loss and waste (FLW) component of the global food system’s carbon footprint may be overlooked as small, they do have a big impact. In a world where hunger persists alongside abundance, addressing FLW can help tackle carbon emissions and food
By: Georgina Smith Our global food supply is a complex web. It straddles a diverse array of activities, from growing crops and harvesting them, to transporting packaged foods to supermarket shelves and everything in between. Collecting data across the food value chain from start to finish, for every food product made in every country, is a task so daunting that
By: Georgina Smith Food is a common thread linking all 17 Sustainable Development Goals. But when economic, social and environmental factors are considered, reducing emissions in food systems can be a complex, undertaking to attain these global targets But there are no one-size-fits-all solutions to reducing emissions in farming. Different farmers have differing practices and challenges; social networks; partners or
Advancing Transformative Adaptation through Social Equity: Land, Water and Food Systems in the Global South Climate change affects people in uneven and unequal ways. Existing inequalities can be reinforced and new ones created, social equity is therefore fundamental to climate change adaptation. Since 2021, the CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) has worked to transform the climate adaptation capacity
Author: Marianne Gadeberg, Independent Communications Consultant In the post-conflict Mindanao region, Philippine authorities are working to reintegrate into society thosee communities living in former rebel strongholds. The CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR), in collaboration with Mindanao State University has conducted research, launched a community of practice, and put forward recommendations to ensure that new livelihood programs also foster
By: María Claudia López (Michigan State University), Luz A. Rodríguez and Antonia Correal (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana) The development of bioeconomy alternatives in Caquetá offers the possibility to transform a territory currently dominated by pastures into places where forests used to stand and demonstrate the value of local identities and “campesino” livelihoods in the Amazon. Developing bioeconomies in this Colombian region
Future climate adaptation investments by Kenya’s County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) are poised to promote peace thanks to research-backed recommendations. The County Climate Change Fund (CCCF), first established in 2010, is one of Kenya’s most promising institutional responses to destabilizing climate change impacts, including frequent droughts and floods. Relying on principles of locally led adaptation, this climate finance mechanism enables
Ubaldino García raises his voice in defense of the lives and territories of the Guatemalan Indigenous Community at COP16 Written by: Randolph von Breymann F., CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) In a world where spaces for international discussions and negotiations about the future of our planet have been dominated by the interests of large states and corporations, the voices