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With more than 100 partners, the Global Landscapes Forum is the most important event at the nexus of land use, science, politics, business and civil society. These partners have been incredibly active in blogging about the event and raising awareness on the crucial role landscapes have to play in tackling climate change and achieving sustainable development. […]

By Vanessa Meadu, originally published at CCAFS To secure the future of food and farming, a 2015 climate agreement should reference food security and provide the financial, technical and capacity building support for countries to devise ambitious actions for the agricultural sector. This is according to experts from across CGIAR in a new analysis, Progress […]

For further reading, also see related blog post What is the state of climate-smart agriculture in West Africa? Abstract The agricultural sector plays a key role in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). As the backbone of the economy, it affects society at many levels since national economies and people’s jobs, incomes and […]

Originally posted on CCAFS’s News Blog. By Sekou Toure, Mathieu Ouedraogo, Mainmuna Fane (CCAFS West Africa)  Researchers outline the current state of climate-smart agriculture in West Africa. Agriculture plays a key role in the economic development of West African countries. By directly providing employment and income to about 70% of the population, agriculture is the […]

Originally posted on CCAFS’s News Blog. By David Valentin Schweiger (CCAFS Coordinating Unit) SAMPLES is a framework which aims to fill the gap in current greenhouse gas emissions monitoring in tropical developing countries. Climate change is a hot topic in Paris this year. The City of Light not only hosted the Our Common Future Under […]

Yes and no. Social networks provide men with more information about changing weather patterns. But there are also opportunities for women to decrease vulnerabilities. By Timothy Muthee Mburu, CCAFS Has climate change altered gender roles? A study by Martha Ngugi seeks to find out if climate change has turned around gender roles. Recent  changes in […]