The Great Green Wall for the Sahel and the Sahara Initiative, which seeks to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land and create 10 million green jobs by 2030, has entered a new phase with partners pledging more than USD 14 billion in internatio...

Amid the doom and gloom of uncontrolled climate change, there is room for hope. The world can still halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and achieve its climate goals.

The Working Group III report provides an updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and pledges and examines the sources of global emissions.

Will virtual reality ‘worlds’ prove distraction or driver for climate

Women are disproportionately affected by extreme poverty, climate change and state fragility. More importantly, empowering women has manifold benefits for families, communities and economies.

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation’s partnerships provide an on-the-ground look at the challenges and opportunities for commercializing new products and services for the smallholder market segment.

Irrigation technologies, such as drip lines, moisture probes and automated systems, are often viewed as solutions to reduce groundwater depletion. It turns out that perception of water shortages in the past can affect current irrigation behavior in...

The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities...

Does Rainfall Variability Explain Low Uptake of Agricultural Credit? Evidence from Ethiopia

Around 30% of global crop production is threatened by climate change impacts and over 300 million small scale farmers do not have access to climate advisory services to help them respond to this threat. To serve this farmer population, billions of do...

Climate change effects on agricultural yields will be uneven over the world. A few countries, mostly in high latitudes, may experience gains, while most will see average yield decrease. This paper aims to quantify the role of market-mediated adjustme...

West Africa is expected to suffer yield and production losses of staple crops under climate change, with more severe yield reductions occurring in the period between 2030 and 2050 (Ittersum et al., 2016). In addition, extreme events, including drough...