Every year, billions are invested in helping communities adapt to climate change. But how do we know whether those investments actually make people and communities—particularly the most vulnerable—resilient to worsening climate risks?
Every year, billions are invested in helping communities adapt to climate change. But how do we know whether those investments actually make people and communities—particularly the most vulnerable—resilient to worsening climate risks?
On August 25 2026, the CGIAR Food Frontiers and Security Program convened the Feeding Growing Cities: Reducing Food Loss and Waste through Innovation, Partnerships and Governance webinar, bringing together researchers, city leaders, practitioners and food systems stakeholders to examine what it will take to reduce food loss and waste at scale.
Adaptation Insights innovates and refines data, methods and user experience to strengthen how adaptation is tracked and evaluated. In September 2026, the project supported an IPCC authors workshop and stakeholder consultation in Nairobi, connecting this work with IPCC-selected authors developing new global technical guidance on adaptation.
In February 2026, an AI-powered early-warning system at Dunga Beach on Kenya’s Lake Victoria detected dangerously low dissolved oxygen levels and sent alerts to more than 300 fish farmers.
The Frontlines Learning Exchange 2026 webinar series creates learning spaces to tackle complex agricultural challenges in a changing world.
CGIAR scientists and partners will join Tropentag 2026 in Göttingen, Germany, to share research and solutions on multifunctional agro-ecosystems, climate resilience, landscape restoration, food systems and sustainable livelihoods.
By combining custom-hire machinery models, gender-inclusive scheduling, and national climate policy integration, IRRI and CGIAR enabled Cambodian smallholders to adopt mechanized direct seeded rice, significantly boosting yields and profits while cutting input costs and emissions.