Medias

As discussed Wednesday on the Landscapes Blog, this week began with the observance of World Day to Combat Desertification and the announcement of the Land for Life Awards by the UNCCD. Water scarci...

CGIAR Climate's insight:
A recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), coauthored by researchers from CCAFS, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and the universities of Oxford, Leeds, and Reading, takes this uncertainty and demonstrates approaches to adaptation planning in agriculture that specifically address it. More specifically, it explores the intersection of impact-based approaches (e.g. using predictive tools and modeling) and capacity-based approaches (e.g. first assessing existing capacities and vulnerabilities) in different approaches to adaptation planning. While capacity approaches are most compatible with stakeholder-driven processes and near-term adaptation, and impact approaches are increasingly important.