As the need for global climate change action and ecosystem restoration accelerates, rethinking mainstream agricultural practices is crucial. By enrichening biodiversity in the foods we eat and the farming landscapes we create, we can make key contributions to achieving global goals. An untapped resource for reaching global goals “From soil to microorganisms, bugs, plant varieties, pollinators and plenty more, agrobiodiversity
CGIAR convened key players to engage in an open conversation about technological entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan. Tashkent (Uzbekistan), 2 December 2022 – On 1 December 2022, CGIAR centers ICARDA, IFPRI, IWMI, and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT with the support of the CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform, and in collaboration with StartupFactory hosted ‘The Consultation Workshop: Deep Diving
Cairo, 12 March 2024 – The Climate Resilient Africa Fund (CRAF) and the Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP) – an initiative powered by The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT of CGIAR – are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. This agreement aims to establish an exchange network that actively supports climate and agri-food innovation through comprehensive initiatives focused on
The CGIAR brought together an international panel to facilitate cross-regional learning on the topic: “Native Plant Species: A Tool for Restoration of Degraded Ecosystems.” Nearly 40% of the world’s lands are degraded. “Among biodiversity loss and climate instability, land degradation comes many food security and human livelihood consequences such as increased GDP decline, increased cancer rates, and more livestock suffering
The loss of intact forests in Central African countries has skyrocketed since 2000, reaching an all-time high in the last five years, a new report shows The first-ever Food Systems Pavilion to be featured at a UN Climate Change Conference represents an enormous opportunity to ensure that the health of the planet’s soil – and with it, all the nutritional, ecosystem, and climate benefits
On 6 December 2024, Cargele Masso, Director, CGIAR’s Environmental Health and Biodiversity Impact Area Platform joined other high-level experts to discuss how integrating land and ecosystem restoration efforts effectively, can create resilient landscapes and ecosystems, mitigating and preparing for challenges like drought from multiple angles. Stressing that community-led landscape restoration involving all key stakeholders is essential to achieving meaningful and
The challenges of climate change go beyond disruption to our physical environment, as it also influences global peace and security. As ecosystems deteriorate due to global warming, communities living on arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) face heightened risks of conflict over scarce natural resources such as water and grazing land. Recognizing the connections between climate change, peace and security is
Tanaya Dutta Gupta, Alice Taylor, Grazia Pacillo, Peter Laderach With impacts of climate change increasingly felt across societies, economies, and ecosystems, it is crucial for climate scientists and policy makers to understand how complex interactions in land, water, and food systems, worsened by climate impacts may lead to insecurity, conflict, and fragility. This question is particularly relevant within the fragile