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By Khalid Siddig and Steven Were Omamo November 13, 2025 Sudan’s humanitarian emergency is worsening amid the country’s ongoing internal conflict, with devastating impacts on food security. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis (November 3, 2025) shows that nearly half the population continues to confront high levels of acute food insecurity. Famine (IPC Phase 5) has been confirmed in the cities

By Leila M. Larson, Edward A. Frongillo, Rebecca Brander, Marie Ruel, and Jef L. Leroy November 13, 2025 Third in a series of posts on IFPRI’s work on growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) supported by the Gates Foundation. Read the first post here, and the second here. Growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) programs are widely used to screen for nutritional and health problems among children, yet they face many challenges

By Hom Gartaula, Jon Hellin, Chona Echavez, Jeny Raviz, Susan Bacud, Alice Laborte, Magnolia Rosimo, Rodmyr Datoon, and Julian Gonsalves Organizations: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI); Research Institute for Mindanao Culture (RIMCU), Xavier University, Ateneo de Cagayan, Philippines; Institute of Weed Science, University of the Philippines Los Banos, Philippines; International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Cavite, Philippines; Agricultural Systems Institute, University

As COP30 opens in Belém, the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) is a key track for CGIAR. Established under the Paris Agreement’s Article 7, the GGA aims to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience, and reduce vulnerability worldwide. After years of technical work – including the adoption of the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience at COP28, which set thematic targets for

Climate finance is generating considerable interest at COP30. Last year’s talks in Baku (COP29) set a bold financial vision through the “Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3 T”, aiming to scale up climate finance for developing countries to at least $1.3 trillion annually by 2035. Now, in Belém, negotiators face the challenge of translating that vision into concrete commitments. The urgency is

Under the UNFCCC’s Sharm el-Sheikh Joint Work on Implementation of Climate Action on Agriculture and Food Security (SJW) – a four-year program launched at COP27 – countries are moving from dialogue towards delivery. Midway through this program, COP30 in Belém is a pivotal checkpoint. Why? Agriculture, which sustains billions of livelihoods and contributes significantly to emissions, must become part of

Climate change is not gender-neutral – and neither can be our response. As COP30 gets underway, one of the major milestones will be the adoption of a new UNFCCC Gender Action Plan (GAP) under the enhanced Lima work programme on gender. At COP29 last year, Parties concluded a review of the existing gender program (established in 2014 and extended in

Robust climate action rests on a foundation of sound science and data. The UNFCCC’s agenda item on Research and Systematic Observation (RSO) exists to strengthen that foundation – ensuring that policymakers are informed by the latest research and that critical climate data is being collected and shared. At COP30, the RSO track may not grab headlines, but its outcomes underlie