Climate change

As climate variability increases, regions are becoming more vulnerable to its negative impacts. The agricultural sector will be hit hardest by climate change, not only suffering from direct influences but also from multiplier effects. In order to adapt, farmers need to know how weather will change in their area – requiring data that goes beyond […]

Agriculture is the sector that is hit hardest by climate change – and developing countries will be most vulnerable to these shocks. Three new papers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week look at climate consequences for major crops, the availability of fresh water and what climate change means for […]

At the Global Landscapes Forum in Warsaw, CCAFS’ West Africa Program Director Robert Zougmore spoke about the good, the bad and the ugly of climate change impacts on Africa. After the climate talks ended without conclusion on a possible work program for agriculture, Robert reflects on pressing adaptation needs in West Africa. He shows how […]

CIFOR Scientist Amy Duchelle talked about the challenges of complexity and climate science yo a group of 200 young land use researchers and practitioners at the Global Landscapes Forum. This story was first published on Forests Climate Change. Scientific discoveries of recent decades have generated a wealth of knowledge on forests and climate change that […]

At the recent Third International Conference on Climate Services, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security showed donors, researchers and practitioners how climate services can work for smallholder farmers. The needs of agriculture were front and center at this third annual gathering of a global community of climate information producers and […]

Otim Joseph first started planting trees to protect his mother and sisters from being raped. Growing up amid a civil war, he watched as the Ugandan army cut down swathes of forest to make it easier to hunt rebel Lord’s Resistance Army soldiers – with devastating consequences for local women and girls.“ This meant that […]