COP20 Officially Begins in Lima
“The stage has been set, now we must fill it with content,” said Manuel Pulgar Vidal, Peru’s Environment Minister, at the opening of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...
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Voces de La Clima Event at COP20
Written by Jessica MorganThe Voces de La Clima (Voices for Climate) exhibition opened today as part of the UN’s climate summit in Lima, Peru. Running through till 12 December it aims to educate...
View ArticleThe UN Should Seek Lessons from its Past at COP20
As country delegates apply themselves to the herculean task of negotiating a draft climate agreement beginning today at COP20 in Lima, it is worth reflecting on the origins of the United Nations and to...
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This Is Africa: For inclusive rural development, farms come first
By Kanayo F. NwanzeThe following article by IFAD's President was originally published on 1 December in This Is Africa, an online service of The Financial Times.Thinking about the future of agriculture...
View ArticleDay Three - Building Resilience to Climate Change and Managing Disaster Risks...
By: Alessia ValentiniClimate change, food insecurity and environmental disasters are inextricably linked to one another and strengthening resilience to climate change for farmers and communities is key...
View ArticleAdapting to Climate Change : A focus on Gender, Indigenous Peoples and...
Written by Jessica MorganThe side event Increasing Resilience to Climate Change through Adoption of CSA Practices with a focus on Gender took place yesterday at COP20. It was joint hosted by CGIAR and...
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COP20 Day Four – getting the UN’s climate data on the same page
Data, knowledge management and innovation for climate action was the topic of a panel discussion today at COP20 in Lima. With a broad panel of speakers (see full list below), this dialogue represented...
View ArticleDay Four - Managing nature sustainably in the Amazon
Written by Jessica Morgan"Our objective is to manage forests sustainably while also supporting local communities' adaptation to climate change," said Jaime Guillermo Nalvarte Armas from Asociación para...
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COP20 Q&A: 'A good step in the right direction'
IFAD's Gernot Laganda (left) and Juan de Dios Mattos ata 3 December press conference in Lima.Interview by Alessia ValentiniJust ahead of the halfway point in negotiations at the 20th Conference of...
View ArticleCOP20 Day Five - A warm day to talk about climate change adaptation and urban...
Written by Juan De Dios MattosIt is warm in Lima, warmer than I thought it would be. But the weather seems to be helping to get people in groups to talk about climate change and adaptation. Friday was...
View ArticleCOP20 Day Five – Food is a human right
Written by Jessica Morgan“Food is a human right, but there are more hungry people now than at any time in history” says ActionAid International (AAI).AAI along with ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) say that...
View ArticleCOP20 Day Five – We are all actors of change
written by Alessia ValentiniIt’s day five at the UNFCCC’s COP20 in Lima, Peru, and agriculture was being discussed at the Sustainable production and consumption joint side event, where the...
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COP20 Day Five - Not just another side event
Addressing Risk, Financing Resilience was a rare, candid discussion held at COP20 in Lima today, where panellists elevated their rhetoric to have a genuine discussion on the challenging issues...
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COP20 Day Six – The Global Landscape Forum
Written by Jessica Morgan"The Global Landscapes Forum is a platform where we can interact with different stakeholders and also learn about the way they see this movement," said Juan De Mattos, IFAD’s...
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Why soil matters to Africa- The Montpellier Panel presents its new report at...
Written by Francesco FarnèOn the eve of World Soil Day and its celebration through events in Bangkok, Rome and Santiago, The Guardian published Sir Gordon Conway's think piece Soil isn’t sexy- but it...
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Remote sensing for index insurance: innovations in smallholder risk management
Written by Harriet KimIn 2012, the IFAD-WFP Weather Risk Management Facility (WRMF) launched an innovative project to develop satellite-based solutions for index insurance to benefit smallholder...
View ArticleCOP20 Day Seven – Zero poverty and zero emissions within a generation
Written by Alessia ValentiniOn the edge of UNFCCC’s COP 20 in Lima, Peru, the Development and Climate days(DCD)took place this weekend. This two-day event was co-organized by the Climate and...
View ArticleLa COP20 necesita considerar el tema de adaptación
para Estibalitz Morras Dimas“En esta COP20 es necesario considerar el tema de la adaptación, es fundamental llevar a los grupos humanos más vulnerables a la resiliencia. Si estuvo en manos del hombre...
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Value-chain approach in smallholder agribusiness: a roadmap to good nutrition
By Marian Amaka OdenigboEver wondered how pastoralists earn their livelihoods and make a living?In October 2014, while on a supervision and implementation support mission to the IFAD-funded...
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COP20 Day Nine – Meeting the food security challenge
At the COP20 UN climate summit. ©IFADWritten by Chris NegliaThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Article 2, clearly identifies the importance of achieving food...
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