In a historic moment for CGIAR, Salma Kadry, a Climate, Peace, and Security Specialist at CGIAR’s FOCUS Climate Security initiative, addressed the United Nations Security Council on June 13, 2023. Kadry’s invitation to participate in the Security Council’s Open Debate marks a significant milestone, being the first time a CGIAR scientist would address the United Nations Security Council on
The four-year Sharm El-Sheik joint work on implementation on agriculture and food security (SSJW) was adopted at COP27 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It takes off from the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA), which was established in 2017 at COP23 held in Bonn, Germany. This new work program is under both the Subsidiary Body
By Doug Merrey, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, and Leanne Zeppenfeldt At the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM4C) Summit that kicks off today, agricultural and food, land, and water systems innovation will be a hot topic in the coming days, and throughout 2023 – and rightly so. Innovations will have a critical role to play in the urgent transformation of our
By Birgit Habermann, Eva Marina Valencia Leñero and Ryan Nehring Sometimes projects introduce a new concept that has, at the outset, little meaning other than a word. And then through engagement of different scientists, stakeholders and partners working together, this word acquires real meaning and starts becoming an actionable concept. This process is not always smooth and requires a lot
CGIAR INITIATIVES Low-Emission Food Systems Primary Impact Area Climate adaptation & mitigation Related Impact Areas
CGIAR INITIATIVES Digital Innovation Climate Resilience AgriLAC Resiliente Livestock and Climate Primary Impact Area Climate adaptation & mitigation Related Impact Are
Many analyses model the impacts of climate change on various aspects of food systems. However, few of these are used to contribute directly towards solving the problems that the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals seek to address – such as ending hunger, improving food and nutrition security, and promoting sustainable agriculture. Modeling for food system transformation needs to be focused squarely
The Climate, Food and Farming, Global Research Alliance Development Scholarships Programme (CLIFF-GRADS) is a joint initiative of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) and the CGIAR Research Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems. The CLIFF-GRADS Programme builds capacity in early-career scientists from low- and middle-income countries to conduct applied research in agriculture emission quantification and mitigation. In the