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ACToday Unites Farmers and Scientists to Solve Climate Challenges in Guatemala
Thousands of Guatemalan farmers will now have access to state-of-the-art forecasts and other climate information to help them increase crop yields and earn more.
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Training Agents of Change: A New Approach to Reach Ethiopia’s Climate-Vulnerable Farmers
A training course marked a major step in a project that will equip farmers with climate information to manage food production in times of drought and extreme weather.
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Climate Service Initiative Begins Work on a New Continent
After a decade of development in Africa, the ENACTS initiative is expanding to Bangladesh this year.
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Bangladesh Gets a New Climate Academy
The academy will train a new generation of experts who can use climate services effectively to manage the risks and opportunities around food security in Bangladesh.
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Using Climate Information to Protect Vulnerable Populations In Bangladesh
A Q&A with Melody Braun, who brings advanced climate services to areas in crisis.
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What’s Climate Doing to Guatemala’s Coffee?
Diego Pons discusses his recent work on exploring the relationships between several climatic variables and coffee productivity in a region of Guatemala.
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Q&A: Climate Information for Food Systems
Scientists at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society are studying how much climate plays a role in the global food supply, identifying food system vulnerabilities in specific areas, using new kinds of climate information in agricultural modeling, and more.
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National Climate Assessment: Threats to U.S. International Interests
John Furlow is the Deputy Director for Humanitarian Assistance and International Development of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society. He is an author of the new U.S. National Climate Assessment’s chapter on the impact climate will have on U.S. international interests. We spoke with Furlow about climate threats to trade, supply chains, national…
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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.
