A new presentation on Gender, Collective Action, and Climate Change is now available here. Key messages from the presentation include that: •Perceptions of climate change, needs as a result of climate change and possibilities to adapt to climate change do differ between men and women. It is therefore essential to take a gendered approach to […]
Featured originally on IFPRI Blog : UN International Day of Rural Women
by Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director, Environment & Production Technology Division We know more and more about what our planet faces as climate change intensifies and greenhouse gas emissions lead us on a probably irreversible path of global warming and uncertain rainfall patterns, at least for the next four decades. As policymakers prepare foranother round of climate change […]
Featured originally on Huffington Post: The Blind Spot for Climate Research in Agriculture: Not All Climate Change is Bad
by Timothy Thomas, Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute I love the mirrors on my wife's new car. Like many new cars, it has lights on the side mirrors that illuminate if there is an object in the driver's blind spot. Having changed lanes in my pickup truck outfitted with conventional mirrors right into […]
Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture inaugural meeting September 24
This is the first meeting of the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture, following its official launch on 23 September 2014 during the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Summit. The purpose of this meeting is to bring together partners of the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture, to share information and guide its inception year. Read more about the […]
Featured originally on CCAFS: CGIAR Commits to Help 500 Million Farmers around the World Prevent Climate Change from Causing a Global Food Crisis
Leading agricultural research partnership pledges to bring “climate-smart” agricultural innovations to half a billion vulnerable farmers over 15 years NEW YORK, USA (23 September 2014) — In a sign of rising concern that climate change could disrupt food production around the world, CGIAR—a global consortium involving 15 agricultural research centers, thousands of scientists, and hundreds of partners—announced […]
