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Welcome to the Red City #COP22
Nearly one year after the watershed COP21 Climate Summit in Paris, governments have once again convened in Marrakech, Morocco for COP22 to move forward with the Paris Agreement and take stock of their...
View ArticleBuilding Women’s Resilience to Climate Change: Lessons from smallholder farmers
By Alessia ValentiniHow to “get real” about investments in gender equality in agriculture was the theme of today’s side event at COP22 on Building Women’s Resilience to Climate Change.The event brought...
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Improving gender equality in Bangladesh
Written by: Members of the project team of the Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project (CCRIP), BangladeshShova in her homestead garden. Photo credit, Aminul Islam, UISEGender equality is an...
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Economic benefits of investing in adaptation and agriculture
Farmers' Day at COP22Marrakech saw IFAD and CGIAR's research programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) host a side event on the “Economic advantage of agriculture in Intended...
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Fisheries and aquaculture in a changing climate
Fisheries and aquaculture are important contributors to food security and livelihoods. Fish provide essential nutrition for 3 billion people and 50 per cent of protein and essential minerals for 400...
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Adapting to climate change in Morocco
Written by Nerina Muzurovic©IFAD/N. MuzurovicA changing climate and unpredictable weather have an enormous impact on food production. When people can’t grow food due to changing weather patterns, they...
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IFAD at the Development & Climate Days at COP22
Written by: Ilaria FirmianJust like last year in Paris, IFAD participated in the Development & Climate Days during COP22.Following the success of last year's Taste the Change session on rethinking...
View ArticleImplementing the Paris agreement- linking trade and the fight against climate...
Written by: Ricci SymonsHere at COP22, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held a high level interactive discussion on the role international trade can play in helping...
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COP22: Adaptation in African agriculture urgently needed
Written by Chris NegliaIFAD's Margarita Astralaga speaks at the From Science to Action session on the Adaptation in African Agriculture Initiative.©IFAD/C. Neglia In Marrakech this week, the Moroccan...
View ArticleDelivering on the Paris Commitment – Making Climate Finance Matter in Marrakech
By Christopher NegliaIn recent years, the sources and modalities of climate finance has emerged as one of the most prominent issues within the UNFCCC process to address dangerous climate change....
View ArticleNationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Agriculture - The challenge of...
By Alessia ValentiniNDCs offer unique programmatic and dialogue tools for development institutions and are slowly paving the way for the achievement of the targets set out in the Paris Agreement. This...
View ArticleFrom Pixel to Reality: Launching the ‘Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment...
By Nerina MuzurovicIn an IFAD-sponsored side event, titled “From Pixel to Reality,” held at the COP22 in Marrakesh on 16 November 2016, IFAD President Kanayo F. Nwanze launched the ‘climate change...
View ArticleCOP22 concludes with adoption of Marrakech Action Proclamation
By Torben Nilsson and Christopher NegliaThe 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), hosted by Morocco in Marrakech...
View ArticleThree women’s stories: IFAD’s support for legal defence for vulnerable women...
Written by Maria Hartl, Senior Technical Specialist - Gender and Social Equity, IFAD/PTANothing is more motivating and rewarding than going on mission to an IFAD-supported project, meeting participants...
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Rural transformation: A pathway to resilience
Written by Nerina MuzurovicKhalida Bouzar, IFAD's Director for Near East, North Africa and Europe Divisionspeaks at Opportunities for Africa at COP22.©IFAD/N. MuzurovicAt the OCP Group side event...
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Land Rights are Human Rights: Contributing to Fighting Climate Change
By Nerina MuzurovicThe panel at the side event at COP22. ©IFAD/N. MuzurovicAt an event sponsored by the Netherlands, held at the COP22 in Marrakech on 15 November 2016, the Kingdom of the Netherlands’...
View ArticleFarming as a business in Fiji
By Tevita Ravumaidama and Monica RomanoFiji is an archipelago in the south Pacific of more than 300 islands. According to 2015 estimates, approximately 43 per cent of the population lives in rural...
View ArticleThe first IFAD/GEF Integrated Approach Pilot project starts up in Swaziland
By Ilaria FirmianLast week, the Climate-Smart Agriculture for Resilient Livelihoods project was launched at the Sibane Hotel in Ezulwini, Swaziland, with the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of...
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Traditional cuisine highlights nutrition across afro-descendant communities
Written by: Marian Amaka OdenigboTraditional cooking goes beyond preserving traditional values. “Traditional cooking brings togetherness, it connects people, love, different food patterns, recipes,...
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