Category: Climate
World Food Prize Foundation Announces Recipient of the 2023 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
Global: Dr Swati Nayak is being recognised for her innovative approach to engaging farmers in demand-driven rice seed systems.
Read MorePeatlands: How Sound Water Management Protects the World’s Largest Terrestrial Carbon Stock
Global: Preserving peatlands is critical to reaching biodiversity and climate goals.
Read MoreKenyan Farmers Tap into the International Carbon Market
Africa & Middle East: A new programme from Farm Africa is helping farmers connect to international carbon markets.
Read MoreIt’s Time to Celebrate the Climate Benefits of Livestock Health
Africa & Middle East: Livestock farming, and in particular improving livestock health through vaccination, has positive climate and environmental impacts.
Read MoreCultivating Resilience: Uniting against Climate Change for Africa’s Food Future
Africa & Middle East: Building resilience in food systems means increased attention, compassion and united action across Africa.
Read MoreUnlocking the Power Of Youth in Tackling Climate Change
Africa & Middle East: Ahead of the Africa Climate Summit, youth leaders can come together to drive climate action at the African Youth Climate Assembly.
Read MoreAmbitious Global $1 Billion Per Year ‘Mission Science’ Model Needed to Win on Sustainable Development in Time, Warn Experts
Global: The new International Science Council report argues that global science and science funding efforts must be fundamentally redesigned and scaled up to meet the complex needs of humanity and the planet.
Read MoreNew Malabo Montpellier Panel Report: Climate-proofing Africa’s food systems needs new and reimagined financing models to meet $41.3 billion adaptation cost
Africa & Middle East: African governments will need to tap into all domestic and global sources of adaptation finance to meet a shortfall of more than $40 billion to climate-proof food systems, according to the Malabo Montpellier Panel.
Read MoreCOP27 Brief: Dialogues and commitments at the intersection of agriculture and climate
Global: World leaders gathered in Egypt from 6-18 November for the COP27 climate conference, where a number of sessions and dialogues were held to discuss the intersection of agriculture and climate change, among other topics.
Read MoreBorlaug Dialogues Round-up: A better way to feed the world
Global: After a day orienting food security experts from around the world on the interconnected challenges of climate change, COVID-19, global conflict and more, the second day of the Borlaug Dialogue began to delve deeper into the agricultural development landscape with a keynote speech from Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Read MoreHow Europe-Africa Research Collaboration Can Uncover Climate Solutions for Farmers
Africa & Middle East: How Europe-Africa collaboration can lead to a more resilient and equitable future.
Read MoreClosing the Adaptation Gap: Harnessing the Power of Possibilities
Global: The world is using more ecological resources than what the planet can regenerate. Climate change mitigation and adaptation is needed to reverse this.
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