To Tackle Food Insecurity, Invest in Digital Climate Services for Agriculture
New recommendations outline a path to maximize impact of investments in digital climate services for small-scale farmers.
View ArticleGround-truthing With Yohana Tesfamariam Tekeste
Tesfamariam Tekeste helps farmers reduce their vulnerability to climate change. She tells us about her work, as well as some hard truths about why those vulnerabilities exist in the first place.
View ArticleHow ACToday Builds a Global Community of Climate-Trained Decision Makers
In the last year, project members trained more than 1,600 professionals and graduate students on integrating climate knowledge into food planning and policy, to help combat hunger.
View ArticleACToday Empowers National Meteorological Services
As part of its goal to increase food security in six countries, the ACToday project has helped develop new climate services that lead to better agricultural decision making.
View ArticleCrowdsourcing to Build Better Insurance
In order to offer protective insurance to greater numbers of smallholder farmers, in 2021, the ACToday project began testing mobile crowdsourcing apps that tap into the experiences and memories of...
View ArticleManishka De Mel: Helping People and Ecosystems Adapt to Climate Change
At the Center for Climate Systems Research, she translates information about climate risks to support resilience-building in developing countries.
View Article25 Years of Translating Climate Science Into Action
The Columbia Climate School’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society celebrated its 25th anniversary in an event on September 16.
View ArticleMeet the Next Generation of Africa’s Climate Forecasters
New state-of-the-art forecasting systems are enabling regional and national meteorological agencies to generate timely and decision-relevant climate information for their agricultural sectors.
View ArticleMaprooms Turn ‘Shapeless’ Climate Data Into Powerful Tools of Action
‘Maprooms’ are freely accessible, online analytical and visualization tools to make climate data more usable. Developed at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, they are now...
View ArticleHow Climate Services Can Support Ecosystem Restoration
Tools that are already being used to support climate-smart agriculture could help to build resiliency in restored ecosystems.
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