Alliance Research Lever 3: Climate Action

Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/107451

Browse

Now showing 1 - 20 of 913

Tree crop Information needs and use among farmers and extension agents in Ghana
(Report, 2025-04-22) Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley; Jizorkuwie, Abdul-Latif; Schmidt, Paul; Wuletawu, Abera
Irregular migration, climate change, and gender in Guatemala: local perspectives
(Brief, 2025-06-04) Penel, Charlotte; Madurga Lopez, Ignacio; Higuera Florez, Julian; Palou, Nohelia
Migración irregular, cambio climático y género en Guatemala: Perspectivas locales del caserío de Chisnan, municipio de San Miguel Ixtahuacán, departamento de San Marcos.
(Report, 2025-05-25) Madurga Lopez, Ignacio; Penel, Charlotte; Higuera Florez, Julian; Palou, Nohelia
Este documento es un resumen de los resultados del estudio Migración irregular, cambio climático y género en Guatemala para el caso de estudio del Caserío de Chisnan en el municipio de San Miguel Ixtahuacán (Guatemala). Este estudio exploró las interrelaciones entre la migración irregular y los impactos del cambio climático desde una perspectiva de género en Chisnan mediante la evidencia basada en el conocimiento y las experiencias locales. El objetivo principal del estudio ha sido identificar los principales factores impulsores y causas raíz de la migración irregular de distintos grupos poblacionales, incluyendo a mujeres, niños, niñas, personas con discapacidad y pueblos indígenas, y comprender en detalle cómo estos se ven afectados por el cambio climático. Además, se buscó identificar soluciones locales para la construcción de resiliencia y la cohesión social que apoyen el abordaje de las principales causas de la migración irregular identificadas dentro de Chisnan.
Orientaciones sobre proyectos de agroecología en Honduras
(Brief, 2025-05) Guillen, Jose; Siles, Pablo; Wollenberg, Eva
KEY MESSAGES – Al menos 13 organizaciones están promoviendo prácticas agroecológicas en el Corredor Seco de Honduras. – Las definiciones de agroecología varían considerablemente entre las organizaciones, pero en general incluían prácticas que apoyan la sostenibilidad ambiental. – Las prácticas agroecológicas más comunes que se promovían incluían la diversificación, el uso de semillas de cultivares tradicionales, el uso de bioinsumos, el manejo de la fertilidad y la conservación del suelo. – La mayoría de las organizaciones afirmaron que las prácticas que promovían abordaban la adaptación al cambio climático, aunque la base de estas afirmaciones no siempre era clara, lo que sugiere que se necesita una mayor capacitación en prácticas agronómicas para la adaptación al cambio climático. – La mayoría de los proyectos operan a escalas de cientos o varios miles de agricultores, por lo que, aunque estos proyectos pueden generar impactos significativos a nivel local, la extensión técnica nacional sobre prácticas agroecológicas y adaptación al cambio climático sigue estando fragmentada. – Los esfuerzos para escalar las prácticas agroecológicas orientadas a la adaptación al cambio climático deben coordinarse con los proyectos existentes y aprovecharlos. – Un mayor intercambio entre organizaciones que trabajan en agroecología, a través de eventos como Días de Campo, puede apoyar la coordinación y el fortalecimiento de capacidades técnicas.
More than 1 million people reached with improved Participatory Scenario Planning processes in Kenya
(Case Study, 2025-05-22) Grossi, Amanda; Ghosh, Aniruddha
Through facilitation of multistakeholder dialogues, coordination frameworks, and investment mobilization by AICCRA, more than 328,000 community stakeholders across nine Kenyan counties were directly reached with improved and streamlined climate information services to inform seasonal planning, with an estimated 1,000,600 reached indirectly. The climate-information services were delivered through Participatory Scenario Planning (PSP) processes, newly harmonized amongst more than 10 PSP implementers from public and private sectors who adopted action plans for coordinated finance, sustainability, quality, and timeliness of these processes.
Integration of national Ag-Data Hubs with advisory platforms expands reach and services for over 250,000 farmers
(Case Study, 2025-05-26) Grossi, Amanda; Ghosh, Aniruddha
Through technical expertise and partnership, national climate and agricultural data hubs (Ag-Data Hubs) have been launched in 6 sub-Saharan countries. These hubs have been subsequently integrated with agro-advisory platforms and processes in Kenya and Senegal, expanding reach of forecasts at scale, and spurring new and bundled services for more than 250,000 farmers to support climate-sensitive decision making. These services include location-specific advisory services, crop monitoring, and market advisories, available in various formats through multiple technology channels.
Intersections of climate, security and human mobility in the community of Cedeño, Marcovia, department of Choluteca, Honduras
(Report, 2025-05-14) Palou-Zuniga, Nohelia; Higuera-Florez, Julian
Recent research has determined the importance of analyzing the relationship between climate variability and the dynamics of insecurity, violence and human mobility in Honduras and other countries in the region. Most of these efforts tend to focus on data and studies that demonstrate the correlations between these variables at the regional or national level in order to inform programs and strategies for climate change, citizen security, migration, displacement, natural resource management, food security, among others. However, this study aims to make a local level analysis of these interrelationships to capture the climatic, environmental, social, economic and cultural specificities of a single community: Cedeño, municipality of Marcovia, department of Choluteca. This proposal aims to highlight the importance of understanding local specificities in order to inform as accurately as possible the eventual policies, programs, strategies or interventions designed for the region. Using qualitative methodologies with an ethnographic and participatory approach, this report identifies and develops the local causal pathways of the climate security and human mobility nexus in the community of Cedeño, accounting for local experiences and the need to address the problems studied in a systemic and participatory method. Thus, the five causal pathways of climate security and human mobility identified in this community were: 1. Displacements caused by coastal erosion and flooding shape the dynamics of conflict and cooperation around access to basic services and land tenure in safe areas. 2. Some individuals and families in flood zones experience involuntary immobility, exacerbating their vulnerability and associated human security risks. 3. Environmental degradation influenced by economic activities impacts livelihoods, exacerbating human security risks and increasing people's climate vulnerability. 4. Climate impacts and hydrological phenomena that impact the main livelihood force mobility towards neighboring areas with greater marine and coastal resources, increasing the safety risks for fishermen. 5. Human mobility to rural, urban and international destinations generates opportunities to cope with the loss of traditional livelihoods, although it is also associated with perceptions and risks of insecurity. Similarly, this research includes seven collective action proposals from the inhabitants of the village of Cedeño to address the interrelated issues of climate, security and human mobility in the community. It is important to emphasize that just as the causal pathways analysis highlighted the need to recognize and address the problems in a systemic way, these proposals and action plans also aim to implement systemic solutions to the challenges analyzed. As in the identification and development of local causal pathways, the participatory approach was fundamental in the formulation of these proposals, ensuring that the solutions reflect the experiences, needs and priorities of the community's inhabitants.
Chile integrates local technical agroclimatic committees into National climate adaptation plan for agriculture
(Case Study, 2025-05-15) Castellanos, Andrea Estefania; Martinez Baron, Deissy
The Ministry of Agriculture of Chile has integrated Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (LTACs, MTAs in Spanish) into its updated Climate-Change Adaptation Plan for the Silvoagricultural Sector (PACC SAP), with technical support from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. The government has committed to establishing or operationalizing at least three MTAs (2024–2028), and four MTAs in the Aysén Region as part of a Pilot Climate Adaptation Plan, strengthening climate-risk management for farmers in the Aysén Region.
Harnessing livestock water and pasture monitoring and early warning systems for anticipatory action to strengthen resilience of pastoral communities in Ethiopia: A qualitative multi-stakeholder analysis
(Journal Article, 2025-05-11) Sintayehu, Alemayehu; Tegegne, Getachew; Dejene, Sintayehu Workeneh; Tesfaye, Lidya; Numery, Abdulhamid; Girvetz, Evan
Ethiopian pastoralist communities are facing a recurrent drought crisis that significantly affects the availability of water and pasture resources for communities dependent on livestock. The increasing intensity, duration and frequency of droughts in the pastoral community in Ethiopia have drawn the attention of multiple stakeholders and increased stakeholder debates on the role of early warning systems (EWSs) for anticipatory action to build climate resilience in the pastoral community. The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), in collaboration with various partners, has developed an interactive web-based digital EWS to provide near real-time information on water and pasture conditions in pastoral and agro-pastoral regions of Ethiopia. In this study, a stakeholder analysis was conducted to identify key stakeholders, understand stakeholder needs, and facilitate collaboration towards sustaining the EWS. The stakeholder analysis revealed the roles and information needs of key actors engaged in livestock water and pasture monitoring and early warning systems aimed at improving the pastoral communities’ resilience. The analysis showed a pressing need for access to real-time information on water and pasture availability and seasonal climate forecasts by local communities for effective and optimal resources management. Local and national governments need similar data for evidence-based decision-making in resource allocation and policy development. International and non-governmental organizations (INGOs) require the same information for efficient humanitarian responses and targeted development interventions. The private sector seeks insights into market dynamics to better align production strategies with community needs. An EWS serves as a vital tool for development partners, facilitating improved planning, coordination, and impact assessment. It also emphasizes the importance of proactive collaboration among stakeholders, including local communities, government bodies, INGOs, and academic and research institutions. Enhanced communication strategies, such as partnerships with local media, are essential for timely information dissemination. Ultimately, sustained collaboration and adaptive strategies are crucial for optimizing the impact of an EWS towards improving the livelihoods and resilience of pastoral communities amid climate variability.
Business Acceleration for Youth Project
(Brochure, 2025-03-31) Nkhambule, Emily; Slane, David; Pierotti, Luca; Sheriff, Ramadhan Kadammanja
BUSINESS ACCELERATION FOR YOUTH PROJECT PROJECT OVERVIEW Alliance of Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) is implementing the Business Acceleration for Youth project to reduce humanitarian assistance needs in Malawi’s resilience focus zones by accelerating youth-owned businesses. The project aims to accelerate and invest in youth-led enterprises to foster job creation, greater access to financing, diversified incomes, a more inclusive private sector and improved household resilience in targeted districts of Mangochi, Balaka, Machinga, Zomba, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, Mulanje and Thyolo. The implementation approach is framed around a resilience-led sustainability strategy that aims to strengthen the resilience of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), which includes startups and established firms by providing business development services, technical support and access to finance, creating growth-orientated, sustainable firms able to secure and effectively utilize investment.
Strengthening capacities for the scaling of Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees through collaborative action
(Case Study, 2025-05-12) Castellanos, Andrea Estefania; Martinez Baron, Deissy
The Climate Action Platform in Agriculture for Latin America and the Caribbean (PLACA) prioritized Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (LTACs, MTAs in Spanish) in their 2024 action plan as a strategic mechanism to enhance climate resilience and sustainability in agriculture. MTAs enhance climate resilience in Latin American agriculture by improving decision-making and adaptation strategies. PLACA, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, and WMO supported implementing MTA action plans through capacity-building workshops, enabling new countries to advance in actions to implement MTAs, while others strengthened their expertise.
Zambia’s Ministry of Green Economy and Environment pursues peace and security for green growth
(Case Study, 2025-05-08) Pacillo, Grazia; Gadeberg, Marianne; Maviza, Gracsious; Caroli, Giulia
In 2024, the CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) collaborated with local communities and national stakeholders, informing Zambia’s National Green Growth Strategy 2024-2030. Consequently, the strategy now includes social cohesion, peace, and stability as guiding principles for green growth. It emphasizes enhancing institutional capacity as a key enabling condition, and it includes provisions for research and training on climate, peace, and security. The Green Growth Strategy aims to foster a low-carbon and socially inclusive economy by 2030.
Innovative partnership scheme unlocks US$520,800 credit, boosting hundreds of Kenyan farmers’ resilience
(Case Study, 2025-05-08) Wamicwe, Peter; Derenoncourt, Marie Ena; Newman, Richard
During a financial product launch, a pre-approved credit line of US$ 520,800, an innovative financing solution, was accessed by 334 farmers in one Kenyan county to procure drought-resistant seeds, manage rainwater runoff, and improve soil health. The bundled product integrates bank risk capital, insurance, and climate-smart advisory services. Enabled by CGIAR innovations, 569 farmers were trained, with 334 receiving funding approval. Partners Acre Africa and Shalem Investments will scale to 1,000 farmers by 2026, with a potential reach of 42,500.
Quantifying loss and damage from compound climate risk
(Working Paper, 2025-05-07) Engdaw, Mastawesha Misganaw; Ghosh, Aniruddha; Chilambe, Pedro Anglaze; Ramirez Villegas, Julian; Girvetz, Evan
Recent analyses of multi-hazard attribution studies reveal that compound climate extremes often lead to disproportionately high levels of loss and damage. However, significant losses from single extreme events—sometimes exceeding those from compound events—cannot be overlooked. This highlights a critical limitation: traditional univariate analyses of extremes may underestimate the full extent of loss and damage. This Working Paper emphasizes the need for comprehensive risk assessments to improve the estimation of loss and damage and to strengthen the effectiveness of interventions. To support this, we introduce a novel, time-sensitive, modeling-based conceptual framework that distinguishes between avoided and unavoidable loss and damage. This framework also enables the evaluation of how coordinated interventions contribute to increasing the share of avoidable loss and damage. These roles of the framework and their effectiveness will enhance with further development of impact models. By integrating comprehensive risk analysis with this new framework, it becomes possible to more rigorously identify and assess loss and damage that might otherwise be underestimated. Furthermore, the approach proposed here contributes to promoting greater equity in decision-making processes related to the Loss and Damage Fund. Whenever possible, averting and minimizing loss and damage remains the most effective strategy. To this end, aiming to enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of interventions that increase avoidable loss and damage, we suggest several policy recommendations: diversifying assessment to economic sectors such as livestock for addressing loss and damage of pastoral communities, minimizing trade-offs though harmonized interventions, accelerated project approval procedure, and data access and sharing.
Fotoreportaje del proyecto: Poniendo los ecosistemas en el centro de la adaptación a través del enfoque de Territorios Sotenibles Adaptados al Clima (TeSAC). Santa Rita, Copán Honduras
(Photo Report, 2025) Arce, Daniela; Martinez, Jesus; Borrayo, Andrea; Gómez, Cindy; Martinez Baron, Deissy
El proyecto “Poniendo los ecosistemas en el centro de la adaptación a través del enfoque de Territorios Sostenibles Adaptados al Clima”, ﬁnanciado por el Fondo de Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas e implementado por la Alianza Bioversity & CIAT y la Comisión de Acción Social Menonita - CASM, ha trabajado de la mano con agricultores de Santa Rita (Copán), para la apropiación de conocimientos climáticos, la identiﬁcación participativa de la vulnerabilidad climática del territorio y la priorización e implementación de prácticas de adaptación.
Climate advisory services in Myanmar generate high returns through private digital platforms
(Case Study, 2025-05-07) Swaans, Cornelis; Dela Rueda, Justin; Khaung, Ye; McGrath, Quyen
Using Village Link’s digital climate advisory services (DCAS), 243 farmers, representing 26,064 rice farmers in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta, have avoided production losses and increased their yields and income by adopting timely climate information. In 2024, The average yields of the treatment group (3.77 mt/ha) and control group (3.13 mt/ha) shows a 20.4% yield increase. The difference in yield and quality led to a gross income increase of 31.9% (US$ 1225/ha versus US$ 928) and a net income increase of 316% (US$ 237/ha versus US$ 57/ha) after reduction of input costs, resulting in a high investment potential DCAS with a total net present value (NPV) of USD 51.73 million and a benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of 155:1.
The Climate-Smart Villages – CSV of Santa Rita as a local innovation platform for scaling ecosystem- based adaptation in Honduras
(Brief, 2025-05) Martinez Salgado, Jesus David; Borrayo, Andrea Surama; Cindy, Gómez; Castellanos, Andrea; Martinez Baron, Deissy
The municipality of Santa Rita (Honduras), located in the Central American Dry Corridor region, is characterized by irregular rainfall and high vulnerability to climate variability (FAO, 2019). According to IPCC models (2013), this area is particularly susceptible to the effects of climate change. The recurrence of phenomena such as droughts has led farmers to intensify the use of natural resources to sustain or increase their incomes and ensure their food security (Calvo-Solano et al., 2018). However, this excessive exploitation has triggered a harmful cycle, where inefficiency in managing environmental resources reduces the resilience of agri-food systems (FAO, 2023), affecting farming families’ incomes and limiting their ability to improve their living conditions. based Adaptation Fund (Global EbA Fund). The Climate Smart Villages – CSV in English, according to Aggarwal et al., 2018), established in Santa Rita since 2015, integrates research for development to address specific agro-climatic challenges faced by rural producers. This approach seeks to strengthen communities’ capacity to reduce their climate vulnerability by increasing their knowledge and adopting informed and sustainable measures related to soil conservation and management, water, biodiversity, the use of local agro-climatic information, emission reduction measures, and adaptation plans contextualized to the specific needs of families and communities through a participatory and inclusive process.
Business Acceleration for Youth Project - September-December 2024
(Newsletter, 2024-12-20) Nkhambule, Emily; Slane, David
BUSINESS ACCELERATION FOR YOUTH PROJECT The Alliance of Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) is implementing the Business Acceleration for Youth project to reduce humanitarian assistance needs in Malawi’s resilience focus zones by accelerating youth-owned businesses. The project aims to accelerate and invest in youth-led enterprises to foster job creation, greater access to financing, diversified incomes, a more inclusive private sector and improved household resilience in targeted districts of Mangochi, Balaka, Machinga, Zomba, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, Mulanje and Thyolo. The implementation approach is framed around a resilience-led sustainability strategy that aims to strengthen the resilience of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), which includes startups and established firms by providing business development services, technical support and access to finance, creating growth-orientated, sustainable firms able to secure and effectively utilize investment.
Kenya’s County Climate Change Fund enables communities to invest both in climate-change adaptation and peace
(Case Study, 2025-05-05) Pacillo, Grazia; Gadeberg, Marianne; Medina Santa Cruz, Leonardo; Schapendonk, Frans
Kenya’s County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) enables communities to prioritize, design, and secure funding for locally led climate-adaptation projects. It is operationalized by the Adaptation Consortium (ADA). In contributing to the CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR), researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT partnered with ADA to assess how the CCCF can also address climate-related conflicts and promote peace. Based on ClimBeR’s recommendations, ADA is planning to integrate conflict prevention and resolution as an additional goal of the CCCF.
Kenya’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan unlocks over US$ 1 Million climate finance, benefitting 60,000 community members
(Case Study, 2025-04-30) Jalango, Dorcas; Mundia, Caroline; Nguvi, Caroline
The Alliance of Bioversity-CIAT - AICCRA project led the development of 22 climate resilience projects under the World Bank’s Financing Locally Led Climate-Action program, collaborating with the Siaya County Government, International Water Management Institute and Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture – Climate Change Unit. Using Kenya’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan, 39 county staff and community members were trained in developing bankable proposals, and on investment readiness. This effort secured US$1.025 million climate finance, benefitting 60,000 community beneficiaries, through initiatives focused on boosting food security, income, and sustainable livelihoods.

Browse

Recent Submissions