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Lessening the Impacts of Climate Shocks to Agriculture
In this video, IRI’s Lisa Goddard discusses index insurance and forecast-based financing as tools to reduce climate impacts in vulnerable communities.
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After Ten Years of Index Insurance, What’s Next?
Insurance helps to increase the food system’s resiliency to climate shocks, and encourages farmers to make more productive and sustainable decisions.
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Researchers Say an 1800s Global Famine Could Happen Again
The Global Famine was one of the worst humanitarian disasters in history, killing as many people as World War II. A new analysis suggests it could happen again, only worse because of climate change.
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Executive Training on Sustainable Investments in Agriculture: Applications Now Open!
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment’s annual training session will be held at Columbia University in New York City in June 2019. Applications are now open, and will be assessed on a rolling basis.
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Almond Orchards in California: Healthy or Hazardous?
Why California almonds get such a bad rap.
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Farmers and Climate Scientists Have More in Common Than You May Think
An eighth-generation farmer and student explains how science seeks to quantify and understand the changes that farmers understand intuitively.
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The Intersection of Climate Science and Hope: A Personal Story
A man from Mali explains why he spent his summer working with Columbia’s Center for International Earth Science Information Network.
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Here’s How Cameroon Can Achieve Land Contract Transparency
A new law promises to remove the shroud of secrecy that has hovered over contracts and concessions the government has signed with natural resource investors.
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Corn, Obesity, and Navigating Healthy Eating Choices as a Parent
Our children learn to eat from us. Eat better, fill your plates with dark leafy greens and your kid is bound to follow.
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