Climate mitigation and adaptation pathways - Page 2
Features
Cultivating change: Sri Lanka’s smallholder farmers explore climate-resilient solutions
Smallholder farmers are embracing climate-adaptive agriculture, innovations and partnerships.
Blogs
Growing the use of real-time digital tools for smarter vegetable farming
The FRESH Initiative, in collaboration with the ClimBeR initiative, is providing Sri Lankan farmers with climate information and agronomic advisories straight to their mobile phones.
Blogs
How can anticipatory action inspire gender inclusion?
This International Women’s Day, we are looking at gender challenges and solutions for designing anticipatory action approaches in refugee and internally displaced persons hosting communities.
Podcasts
Episode 3: Kenya’s Policy Pathways
This week on Policy Pathways we are exploring how policy coherence can help Kenya to advance its sustainable development plans!
In the media
Prolonged droughts: Need for water harvesting
Inadequate infrastructure, together with rural and poor populations, makes Zambia highly vulnerable to droughts, according to the UN. But the drought monitoring system developed by IWMI helps to better prepare the country to cope with its impacts.
Features
The best time to plan for drought is when it’s raining
Disaster response needs to move from reactive to proactive if we are going to adapt to climate change.
Podcasts
Episode 1: Introducing… Policy Pathways
Researchers introduce the series and explain what a 'policy pathway' is.
News
New podcast explores policy coherence and system transformation in food, land and water
Policy Pathways, produced by IWMI, examines policies for sustainable development and climate resilience in six countries.
Publications
Anticipatory action in communities hosting refugees and internally displaced persons: an assessment of current approaches
This paper is a global literature review of anticipatory action approaches in communities hosting forcibly displaced persons.
Blogs
Understanding the water crisis in refugee hosting communities in Ethiopia’s Somali Region
Understanding the Water Crisis in Refugee Hosting Communities in Ethiopia's Somali Region.
Features
Water and food systems ready to roll out climate-resilient solutions
A ministerial dialogue and a new global partnership at COP28 signal commitment to integrate water and food systems — for both adaptation and mitigation — in national climate plans.
Blogs
We’re taking the path less traveled: Addressing fragility, conflict and migration in Ethiopia’s Somali Region
Climate-induced displacement is rampant in Ethiopia’s Somali region. As co-lead of CGIAR’s Fragility, Conflict, and Migration Initiative IWMI is working to embed resilience-building solutions in Ethiopian refugee, internally displaced persons, and host communities.
Features
Water and climate stress are threatening Jordanian refugee hosting communities. What are we doing about it?
IWMI is working to inform the humanitarian response to climate-based vulnerabilities in Jordan through anticipatory action.
Explainers
What is loss and damage and how does it apply to water?
A year after COP27, we explain what loss and damage is, how it relates to water, what a Loss and Damage Fund would do, and what progress has been made.
Blogs
Peter Oppong’s inspiring journey
Smallholder farmers like Oppong are reaping the benefits of solar-powered irrigation, a cost-effective and easy-to-implement technology.
Press releases
IWMI part of global, five-year program to build sustainable food systems
IWMI will implement the Innovation Lab for Irrigation & Mechanization Systems, funded by USAID and led by University of Nebraska.
Blogs
Innovation and partnerships: Key ingredients in a conflict-affected world
IWMI’s collaborations in the areas of fragility, conflict and migration are aimed at making strides towards an equitable future for all.
News
On DRR Day, Sri Lanka talks about inclusion saving lives
Building resilience to climate change and disasters requires bottom-up, community-led response.
In the media
How to harvest water from clouds of fog
IWMI's Deputy Director General, Rachael McDonnell, spoke to NPR's Goats and Soda about fog harvesting, a traditional technique that is now being expanded.
News
Jordan’s Water Vision 2033 takes shape at “A Year of Modernization” forum
Integrated solutions plan aims to strengthen management and governance of the country’s water resources.
Blogs
Before disaster strikes: Preparing for complex emergencies with anticipatory action
Enhancing disaster preparedness and building resilience in fragile settings requires fostering a deeper understanding of the complexities involved.
Blogs
Water: Amplifying impact through the CGIAR Initiative on One Health
Globally, the health of water is affected by various water users and pollution sources including cities, towns, crops, livestock and industries.
In the media
How nature-based solutions can build urban resilience
IWMI's work in Sri Lanka has helped to restore marshes, enhance biodiversity and improve livelihoods in partnership with government departments and local communities.
In the media
Seeds of Change: Navigating climate-induced challenges in farming and everyday life
The seminar, organized by IWMI, looked at how climate change threatens Pakistan's agriculture-dependent economy, requiring adaptive measures like flood protection, drought-resistant crops, and public awareness.
In the media
Farmers urged to prepare for El Niño to trigger record-high temperatures
IWMI and CIMMYT warn of changing climate patterns in South Africa.
In the media
Climate change poses threats to food, water security
Climate change threatens Pakistan's food and water security. An IWMI-hosted workshop stressed data-driven, sustainable water management to combat challenges.
News
IWMI wins Award for Digital Transformation from Project Management Institute (PMI) in Sri Lanka
Open access and big data platform for smallholder farmers recognized for contribution to digital transformation.
In the media
Professor Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi: How is climate change affecting the future of the world?
Professor Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi, IWMI Research Group Leader - Sustainable and Resilient Food Production Systems, discusses the impact of climate change on the world's future, highlighting its effects and implications.
In the media
Stakeholders raise awareness against floods
IWMI convened experts in climate change, water resources, and disaster risk reduction to discuss flood prediction and early warning in Nigeria.
Publications
June-July 2023 Research Journal Roundup
Roundup of research, journal and other academic articles from June and July 2023.
In the media
Flooding – Stakeholders strengthen synergy
IWMI, hosting the workshop, highlighted the importance of flood forecasting and early warning systems in mitigating flood impacts, considering the growing global trend of intensified heavy rainfall events due to climate change.
In the media
El Niño event declared; impacts on countries in Southern Africa expected
IWMI and CIMMYT call for action as multiple climate prediction centers concur that this El Niño event will reach a “strong” category in the northern hemisphere by the winter of 2023-24.
Blogs
As the demand for water rises, we need to re-think global water storage
The future of water storage requires a systems approach which fully integrates natural infrastructure alongside built infrastructure.