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Photo: Women in the agricultural areas in Casamance, Senegal Climate-driven environmental challenges and peacebuilding meet in southern Senegal. Two CGIAR Climate Resilience Initiative scientists discuss the challenges faced by – and next steps for – people reclaiming ancestral land that was scarred by conflict – and changed by the climate. By Alexandra Krendelsberger (Wageningen University and Research; The Alliance of

By Karen Camilo, Francisco Armenta and Byron Reyes CGIAR is committed to seeing the results of research by its scientists achieve results. As such, each of its research initiatives has a monitoring, evaluation, learning and impact assessment, or MELIA, component. Below, we discuss the MELIA strategy for Mitigate+, the CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems. Why do we need a

By Sigmund Kluckner, Digital Innovation Consultant for Impact Organizations and Change Makers, and Theresa Liebig, Associate Scientist, CGIAR Focus Climate Security The climate-security nexus has become a key issue in public and scientific debates. Research on the nexus and associated risks, implications, and solutions is scattered across scientific disciplines. With the Climate Security Observatory (CSO), the CGIAR Focus Climate Security aims to

Photo: Evan Girvetz of the CGIAR Climate Resilience Initiative speaks at COP 27 in Egypt about climate finance for resilient food systems in East Africa   By Pedro Chilambe, ClimBeR Climate finance and climate risk management specialist, and Evan Girvetz, ClimBeR Climate Finance research area Lead Addressing food insecurity and climate change risks in East Africa is fundamental to the

Living labs are gaining in popularity in different parts of the world. But do we always agree on what a living lab actually is? No. Scientists among themselves have very different visions of a living lab. Bringing in other stakeholders does not make it less confusing to reach an agreement. The term itself invokes an image like this: A living

Despite being one of the key drivers of food production and food security in Bangladesh, diesel irrigation is responsible for a rising fiscal burden on the state exchequers and environmental costs to the country. For the country’s energy security and given the government’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), Bangladesh should shift

By Birgit Habermann Let us admit it, workshops can be really boring. But they can be fun, too! What are the ingredients for that? First, you need to have the right people in the room. Second, you have to honestly engage them. Third, the engagement should be about something they care about. And finally, use colors and some toys to

A collaboration between the CGIAR Initiatives on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) and Low-Emission Food Systems (Mitigate+), a Learning Alliance for Living Labs workshop was organized by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Can Tho City, Vietnam on 6 December 2022 to form a network of diverse stakeholders within the region, that has an interest to address climate-related issues in the Mekong Delta.