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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Adaptations Thirst: Accelerating the Convergence of Water and Climate Action
05.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Climate-resilient water management should be the unifying agenda for water and climate change adapta…
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Chronic Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka
05.12.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Groundwater sources and treatment practices may not be the sole risk factors, and further research…
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Change in behaviour needed for improved drought management in Jordan and the MENA region
04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Adopting water-saving technology is not enough on its own to stem groundwater depletion in the…
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IWMI joins United Nations Global Compact initiative
28.11.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
IWMI is delighted to have become a participant in the United Nations Global Compact which…
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Claudia Sadoff featured in Stockholm Water Front
26.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In an interview for the Stockholm Water Front magazine Claudia Sadoff raises awareness of the…
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Positive impacts from 6 CGIAR Centers coming together to implement a range of climate-smart on-farm technologies
25.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
A package of climate-smart technologies implemented by a consortium of CGIAR centers has resulted in…
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A BIG Win…for Big Data with Big Benefits!
21.10.19-
Big data
We are delighted to announce that we are one of the winners at the CGIAR…
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Do we have enough science to mitigate water crises?
18.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
We need to do a much better job at communication, not only within the water…
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International Day of Disaster Reduction
13.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
We have to accept that in many cases we cannot stop floods or droughts, but…
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Disaster Risk Reduction Hub For Koshi River To Be Developed
01.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
A recent UNESCAP disaster risk-focused report has identified transboundary river basins in South Asi…
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Breaking news from the United Nations climate action summit…New York
24.09.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
CGIAR to get more than $650 Million to accelerate efforts to help 300 million smallholder…
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World Water Week 2019
26.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Happy World Water Week! Join us this week as we discuss innovative water solutions for…
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Reuters.com: Water pollution an ‘invisible threat’ to global goals, economists warn
23.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
World Bank report warns of the ripple effects of water pollution on the health, economies,…
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Independent.co.uk: World health chiefs call for more studies on microplastics in drinking water
22.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Research gap must be filled but meanwhile governments and businesses must urgently reduce plastic pr…
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AsiaTimes.com: The developing world’s water crisis has arrived
19.08.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
A study across 15 cities in South Asia, Africa and South America shows that water…
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IndiaTimes.com: Can a single tribunal resolve water disputes between states?
19.08.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Shifting monsoon patterns and drying catchment areas in India’s river basins, of which there are…
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Thomson Reuters: It’s time to look underground for climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa
15.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
A recent study sheds new light on the climate-groundwater relationship, finding that the 2015-2016 E…
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IPSNews.net: Is India on Track to Beat the Perfect Storm?
13.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
“Those of us who work on water issues in (the global) South understand that there…
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