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By Murat Sartas, Innovation and Impact Management Scientist, CGIAR’s Climate Resilience Initiative (ClimBeR) Our lessons from COP 27: For effective climate action, we must go beyond technical fixes and innovate and scale context-specific action, partnership collaboration, and digital ecosystem management systems packages for organizational solutions COP 27 was very exciting, refreshing, intense and tiring, and – if we’re fortunate –

Lewa’s story is one of resilience, determination, and reality. Struggling in a changing climate without losing hope is a clichéd reality. “Should we now rethink what farmers have learned in dryland ecosystems?” This is the question we asked ourselves repeatedly during initial discussions on this partnership. This question is still on the minds of many – the transition from research,

By Upeksha Hettiarachchi, Wei Zhang, and Kristin Davis, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) A conservative estimate suggests forests provide services worth $25.78 billion for Kenya and $35.60 billion in Vietnam annually in 2022 US dollars. The findings provide a crucial defense against deforestation and degradation because of the costs associated with these threats. While more information is needed to

By Chaturangi Wickramaratne, Radheeka Jirasinha and Priyanie Amerasinghe As a result of global efforts, wetlands are more widely appreciated than ever. Wetlands are highly productive ecosystems hosting rich biodiversity that provide invaluable ecosystem services. Wetlands play a critical role in climate change mitigation by sequestering carbon. Some contribute to adaptation by acting as natural buffers against extreme weather events. Wetlands

In Kenya’s Central Highlands, the future of feeding communities while conserving biodiversity is at a crossroads. Production systems in the region are hindered by erratic and declining rainfall, soil fertility loss, watershed degradation, and increasing climate stress. Furthermore, intensive farming, land fragmentation, shrinking land and water sources, and overgrazed rangelands are degrading the very ecosystems that sustain rural livelihoods.

By Maha Al-Zu’bi (IWMI & CGIAR Scaling for Impact Program AoW2 Focal Point) In an era of climate stress, water scarcity, and geopolitical complexity, one truth stands out: managing water, energy, food, and ecosystems separately no longer works. The challenges are deeply intertwined -and so must be the solutions. That’s the spirit driving the upcoming regional webinar “Scaling for Impact:

Colombo, August 20, 2021 Agriculture is often blamed for the degradation of our natural environment. But if more biodiversity is integrated into agricultural land we can supply the world’s growing population with a healthy diet while sequestering up to 30% of the total CO2 released into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution, according to a new evidence review from the

Science, innovation and local knowledge unite to transform agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean. Latin America and the Caribbean is currently facing a critical scenario: climate change threatens agricultural production, food insecurity is on the rise, and ecosystems are under increasing pressure. In response to this reality, the Initiative AgriLAC Resiliente has shown that science, technology and local