Climate change to ruin Valentine’s Day?

13 February, 2012 by (comments)
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CIAT’s 2011 study into the possible effects of climate change on the production of cocoa – the key raw ingredient in chocolate  – seems to pop up everywhere these days. It got a mention in this piece from last Friday’s LA Times, along with a report from Climate Nexus whichRead More …

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Filed Under: Africa, CIAT in the media, Climate Change, Regions

Too hot for chocolate?

28 September, 2011 by (comments)

Only dentists will be happy about this news. It looks as though climate change is going to take a bite out of chocolate production, according to a new study by scientists at CIAT. As well as having the potential to affect the supply – and therefore the price – ofRead More …

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Filed Under: Africa, Climate Change, Regions

Two Degrees Up video series – 10,000 online hits, and rising

5 May, 2011 by (comments)

If you still haven’t seen them, the recent series of Two Degrees Up climate change photofilms, released for the launch of the CGIAR’s Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in December last year, are continuing to attract plenty of online viewers. This week they reached andRead More …

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Filed Under: Africa, Climate Change, Latin America and the Caribbean, Multimedia, Regions

Ghana’s water-stress timebomb

31 January, 2011 by (comments)

Ghana could soon become one of the most water-stressed nations on Earth. That’s one of the findings of a new report from Ghana’s Water Research Institute, part of the West African country’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which has linked the likelihood of acute water shortages to climateRead More …

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Filed Under: Africa, Regions

Introductory Two Degrees Up climate change photofilm is online

20 January, 2011 by (comments)

A short piece introducing the recently completed Two Degrees Up series of climate change photofilms is now online. Narrated by CIAT’s Andy Jarvis, the video outlines the Two Degrees Up concept, and gives an overview of three case studies that look at the impact of climate change on smallholder farmersRead More …

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Kenya climate change photofilm – now online

17 January, 2011 by (comments)

The third in the series of the Two Degrees Up climate change photofilms – from Kenya – is now online. The story looks at farming systems in the country’s Mount Kenya region, and looks at some of the methods being employed by farmers to enable them to adapt to theRead More …

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Launch of CGIAR climate change research program featured in New Agriculturist

7 January, 2011 by (comments)

The latest edition of online development magazine New Agriculturist features an article on the launch of the new CIAT-led and CGIAR-wide climate change research program, or CCAFS. The article focuses on the recent Two Degrees Up climate change photofilms, which highlight the impact of a two degree rise in temperatureRead More …

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Filed Under: CIAT in the media, Climate Change