Summary The Ministry of Agriculture, IFAD and WFP, with support of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and financial partners Mayfair, Zep Re and ACRE, collaborated on...
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Kenya + 6 more
Gender-responsive rural climate services: a review of the literature
Gender considerations can critically influence smallholder farmers’ access and capacity to act on weather and climate information, as well as subsequent livelihood benefits. This paper reviews the...
World + 1 more
Identifying Climate Information Services Users and their Needs in sub-Saharan Africa: A Learning Agenda
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In recent years, climate information services (CIS) have been integrated into development agendas as means of achieving development goals in a variable and changing climate,...
Bangladesh + 1 more
Defining and predicting heatwaves in Bangladesh
New research shows that in Bangladesh, heat wave predictability exists from a few days to several weeks in advance, which could save thousands of lives. In the United States, extreme heat events have...
World + 5 more
Learning from experience: a summarised review of early warning systems
Executive Summary During the Horn of Africa famine in 2011, agencies, donors and the international community failed to prepare and respond early enough to prevent massive suffering. 1 Retrospective...
El Niño and rainfall (October 2015)
El Niño conditions in the tropical Pacific are known to shift rainfall patterns in many different parts of the world. Although they vary somewhat from one El Niño to the next, the strongest shifts...
Emerging El Niño Conditions: Notes for the Global Health Community
With a moderate El Niño expected to develop later this year, the global health community is closely monitoring seasonal climate forecasts. A new bulletin released by the IRI addresses ways in which...
Climate and Society No. 3: A Better Climate for Disaster Risk Management
Climate-related and weather disasters can have a devastating impact on human development. Globally, climate events including floods, droughts, cyclones, heat waves, and mudslides contribute to tens...
Spotlight: Climate Risks in Haiti
In this Q+A, IRI staffers discuss some of the climate-related risks that could affect Haitians over the next year as they struggle to rebuild their country after a devastating earthquake in January...
Index Insurance and Climate Risk: Prospects for Development and Disaster Management
Climate change and persistent underdevelopment are global challenges. This issue of Climate and Society examines the use of index insurance to help reduce vulnerability and poverty and adapt to...
Afghanistan + 3 more
Drought in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan (10 May 2002)
Original source of the map iri.columbia.edu. Affected countries: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan.