“Yesterday, I saw in the press that 2024 is on track to be the hottest year ever”, said Matthew McCartney, CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains Lead, kicking off the NEXUS Gains webinar ‘Water in a heated world’ on 12 December 2024. With an eye on the rising global thermometer, this 29th and final webinar in the NEXUS Gains Talks series examined the
Much of South Asia’s prosperity, both literally and figuratively, rests upon vast reserves of groundwater. Some of the highest-yielding aquifers in the world supply water for irrigated agriculture (where 90 percent of withdrawals are directed), industry, and daily domestic needs. However, it all depends on a delicate balance; for sustainability, groundwater outflows, including long-term extractions, must not exceed natural recharge. Across
The Aral Sea was once the world’s fourth largest lake, but since the 1960s it has become one of the world’s worst environmental disasters – an infamous case of ecological collapse. Diverting water for irrigation, originally to support cotton farming in what was then the Soviet Union, dried out the lake to the point where only small remnants remain. Today,
The IPBES Assessment Report on the Interlinkages Among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health (and Climate) – known as the Nexus Report – was officially approved by 147 countries on 16 December 2024. This milestone marks the culmination of efforts to which the CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains, and before it the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE),
By Swamikannu Nedumaran, Judy Thomas, Ravi Nandi, Jyosthnaa Padmanabhan, and Victor Afari-Sefa Food, land, and water systems face daunting challenges in the future, and the body of research exploring these challenges is growing rapidly. This note is part of a series developed by the CGIAR Foresight Initiative to summarize what we know today about the future of various aspects of food systems. The goal
This blog was originally published on IFPRI Ethiopia’s website. The Hybrid Research and Policy Conference on Livestock, Gender, and Agency Amid Conflict in Ethiopia, held on December 11, 2024, at the ILRI Campus in Addis Ababa and online, brought together a diverse group of policymakers, researchers, and development practitioners. The event was jointly organized by CGIAR Research Initiatives (NPS) and
CGIAR INITIATIVES NEXUS Gains Primary Impact Area Environmental health & biodiversity Related Impact Areas
CGIAR INITIATIVES NEXUS Gains Primary Impact Area Environmental health & biodiversity Related Impact Areas