Presentation by Philip Thornton, Theme Leader, CCAFS, at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Climate Smart Agriculture Project: using policy and economic analysis as a ba...FAO
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared as background to the FAO TCI Investment Days 2013 held at IFAD on 17-18 December. The presentation provides an overview of the theory of change of the FAO-EC Climate-Smart Agriculture project and highlights the contribution of the project in providing sound evidence for investment proposals.
Launch of the Southeast Asia office of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security http://ccafs.cgiar.org
7 May 2013, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Presentation by Bruce Campbell, CCAFS Program Director
Combined Presentations for climate-smart agriculture (CSA) Tools for Africa w...CANAAFRICA
On 12th October 2015 the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), East Africa through its regional knowledge sharing platform The Climate and Agriculture Network for Africa (CANA) organized a webinar dubbed Climate-Smart Agriculture Tools for Africa.
How to achieve climate-smart agriculture and the potential triple-win that can be achieved from these practices such as adaptation, mitigation and increasing livelihoods.
Climate Smart Agriculture Project: using policy and economic analysis as a ba...FAO
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared as background to the FAO TCI Investment Days 2013 held at IFAD on 17-18 December. The presentation provides an overview of the theory of change of the FAO-EC Climate-Smart Agriculture project and highlights the contribution of the project in providing sound evidence for investment proposals.
Launch of the Southeast Asia office of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security http://ccafs.cgiar.org
7 May 2013, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Presentation by Bruce Campbell, CCAFS Program Director
Combined Presentations for climate-smart agriculture (CSA) Tools for Africa w...CANAAFRICA
On 12th October 2015 the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), East Africa through its regional knowledge sharing platform The Climate and Agriculture Network for Africa (CANA) organized a webinar dubbed Climate-Smart Agriculture Tools for Africa.
How to achieve climate-smart agriculture and the potential triple-win that can be achieved from these practices such as adaptation, mitigation and increasing livelihoods.
Barriers to adoption: policy & institutional arrangements to support CSAFAO
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared to as background to the Scientific conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture held in Montpellier, France, on 16-18 March 2015.
van Asten P. 2014. Implementing Climate-Smart Agriculture. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.
Contents:
1. CCAFS – what we do
2. What is CSA in the African context
3. Best bet CSA technologies
4. CSA services and approaches
5. How can we identify the priorities?
6. Collaborative possibilities
Climate Smart Agriculture: Opportunities and Stumbling blocksCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Marius van den Berg from the Institute for Environment and Sustainability explains briefly what climate-smart agriculture is what effects and interrelations farm management practices associated with CSA have, how CSA was adopted and which policies enabled it and what can be taken home from that.
The multilevel CSA monitoring set of standard core uptake and outcome indicators + expanded indicators linked to a rapid and reliable ICT based data collection instrument to systematically
assess and monitor:
- CSA Adoption/ Access to CIS
- CSA effects on food security and livelihoods household level)
- CSA effects on farm performance
Climate change and food systems: Global modeling to inform decision makingCIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation given by Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute, at the Global Landscapes Forum on 16 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
http://www.landscapes.org/
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared to provide a general overview of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and the EPIC programme. After providing a definition of CSA, the presentation focuses on Sustainable Land Management and the role of climate finance to support CSA. It concludes with a description of the FAO-EC project on CSA.
Presentation by Robert Zougmore, CCAFS Regional Program Leader, West Africa, at the at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
At the Africa Agriculture Science Week AASW 15-20 July, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Head of Research Sonja Vermeulen gave a presentation on Climate-Smart Agriculture for an African context.
Climate-Smart Agriculture Training for Practitioners
Asia Development Bank
9-11 October 2018, Tokyo, Japan
Session: Options for Mitigation in Agriculture
Presented by Lini Wollenberg, Low Emissions Development Flagship Leader, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Planning, implementing and evaluating Climate-Smart Agriculture in smallholde...FAO
http://www.fao.org/in-action/micca/
This presentation by Janie Rioux, FAO, outlines the experience of the Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) pilot projects in Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania.
Barriers to adoption: policy & institutional arrangements to support CSAFAO
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared to as background to the Scientific conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture held in Montpellier, France, on 16-18 March 2015.
van Asten P. 2014. Implementing Climate-Smart Agriculture. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.
Contents:
1. CCAFS – what we do
2. What is CSA in the African context
3. Best bet CSA technologies
4. CSA services and approaches
5. How can we identify the priorities?
6. Collaborative possibilities
Climate Smart Agriculture: Opportunities and Stumbling blocksCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Marius van den Berg from the Institute for Environment and Sustainability explains briefly what climate-smart agriculture is what effects and interrelations farm management practices associated with CSA have, how CSA was adopted and which policies enabled it and what can be taken home from that.
The multilevel CSA monitoring set of standard core uptake and outcome indicators + expanded indicators linked to a rapid and reliable ICT based data collection instrument to systematically
assess and monitor:
- CSA Adoption/ Access to CIS
- CSA effects on food security and livelihoods household level)
- CSA effects on farm performance
Climate change and food systems: Global modeling to inform decision makingCIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation given by Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute, at the Global Landscapes Forum on 16 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
http://www.landscapes.org/
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared to provide a general overview of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and the EPIC programme. After providing a definition of CSA, the presentation focuses on Sustainable Land Management and the role of climate finance to support CSA. It concludes with a description of the FAO-EC project on CSA.
Presentation by Robert Zougmore, CCAFS Regional Program Leader, West Africa, at the at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
At the Africa Agriculture Science Week AASW 15-20 July, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Head of Research Sonja Vermeulen gave a presentation on Climate-Smart Agriculture for an African context.
Climate-Smart Agriculture Training for Practitioners
Asia Development Bank
9-11 October 2018, Tokyo, Japan
Session: Options for Mitigation in Agriculture
Presented by Lini Wollenberg, Low Emissions Development Flagship Leader, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Planning, implementing and evaluating Climate-Smart Agriculture in smallholde...FAO
http://www.fao.org/in-action/micca/
This presentation by Janie Rioux, FAO, outlines the experience of the Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) pilot projects in Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania.
Electric Utility Risk Management in the Face of Climate RiskMark Trexler
Electric utilities are a key contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, and have been thinking about climate change and climate policy longer than any other sector. This presentation to the Executive Committee of an electric utility in North America walks through the key issues and questions in developing an effective risk management strategy.
A presentation by Bioversity International scientist Maarten van Zonneveld about diversification for climate change adaptation. Different strategies may work for different communities. It is important to discuss with relevant stakeholders and determine the most appropriate actions to take. This was presented at the VII Inter-American scientific Henry A.Wallace Conference Series in CATIE, Costa Rica. Read more about Bioversity International’s work on climate change:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/adaptation-to-climate-change
What are the process of a well-defined Risk Assessment. When taken in sequence, support better Decision Making by contributing to a greater insight into risks and their impacts.
This session will cover risk and risk management, defining these terms and describing typical risks in adaptation projects. The session will also cover the role of the private sector in risk management, and how to encourage private sector involvement to ensure sustainability of the project. This session will contribute to the overall development of a toolbox which will enable the participants to develop a plan for moving from project concept to bankable proposal. By the end of this session, participants will be able to use the risk management tool to analyze a sample project so as to improve its efficiency and sustainability.
o OBJECTIVE 1: Participants will utilize basic risk management tools
o OBJECTIVE 2: Participants will understand basic principles of risk allocation and the roles of the public and private sector in risk management
Implementing Enterprise Risk Management with ISO 31000:2009Goutama Bachtiar
This presentation slides is intended for the training-workshop lead as well as the participants.
Developed based on ISO 31000:2009 – Principles and Guidelines on Implementation, ISO/IEC 31010:2009 – Risk Assessment Techniques, ISO Guide 73:2009 – Vocabulary.
RBM for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Presented on 23 January 2015.
By Bruce Campbell, Phil Thornton, Ana María Loboguerrero.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS).
CCAFS East Africa sought to depart from business-as-usual
approaches, by engaging leading global and regional
experts, policymakers and other stakeholders to revise
East Africa’s theory of change, impact pathways and
develop an integrated and coherent climate-smart
research for development strategy: that is
• More closely aligned with CCAFS global flagships
and cross-cutting themes to address the major
challenges of agriculture in East Africa under
changing climate;
• Takes into account transformative agricultural
innovations for climate action in agriculture
highlighted in CCAFS phase II proposal and other
CCAFS co-sponsored events; and
• Leads to future research projects well aligned with
national, regional and global priorities that enable
back flowing of proven results and climate-smart
agriculture technological innovations to transform
East Africa’s smallholder agriculture, influence
policies and practices, and create an inclusive
enabling and investment environment.
RBM for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Presented in January 2015, by Bruce Campbell, Phil Thornton, Ana María Loboguerrero and Pramod Aggarwal.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS).
Policies and finance to scale-up Climate-Smart Livestock SystemsILRI
Presented by William Sutton, Pierre Gerber, Leah Germer, Félix Teillard, Clark Halpern, Benjamin Henderson, Michael Mcleod and Lee Cando at the Programme for Climate-Smart Livestock systems Closing Event, 13 September 2022
Policy for Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture/Rice Development in Contex...Sri Lmb
Ms. Ladda Viriyangura presented on 'Policy for Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture/Rice Development in Context of Climate Change in Thailand' at Regional Review and Planning Workshop 2017, Hanoi, VIetnam
Low Emissions Development Strategies (Colombia Feb 20, 2014)IFPRI-EPTD
FROM GLOBAL TO LOCAL:MODELING LOW EMISSIONS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IN COLOMBIA
Globally, agriculture is responsible for 10 – 14% of GHG emissions and largest source of no-CO2 GHG emissions. Countries can choose among technologies with different emission characteristics and we believe it's less costly to avoid high-emissions lock-in than replace them, so EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE LEDS is key.
During the webinar, the speakers promoted a set of training materials that is freely available for those interested in learning more about the implementation of NDCs in the agriculture sector in Africa.
More info about the webinar: https://ccafs.cgiar.org/implementing-ndcs-agriculture-sector-across-africa-what-directions-capacity-building#.XxaxH_gzbfZ
The Accelerating Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project works to deliver a climate-smart African future driven by science and innovation in agriculture.
AICCRA does this by enhancing access to climate information services and climate-smart agricultural technology to millions of smallholder farmers in Africa.
With better access to climate technology and advisory services—linked to information about effective response measures—farmers can better anticipate climate-related events and take preventative action that help communities better safeguard their livelihoods and the environment.
AICCRA is supported by a grant from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank, which is used to enhance research and capacity-building activities by the CGIAR centers and initiatives as well as their partners in Africa.
About IDA: IDA helps the world’s poorest countries by providing grants and low to zero-interest loans for projects and programmes that boost economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve poor people’s lives.
IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for the world’s 76 poorest countries, 39 of which are in Africa.
Annual IDA commitments have averaged about $21 billion over circa 2017-2020, with approximately 61 percent going to Africa.
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Mengpin Ge, Global Climate Program Associate at WRI, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Sabrina Rose, Policy Consultant at CCAFS, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Krystal Crumpler, Climate Change and Agricultural Specialist at FAO, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
This presentation was meant to be included in the 2021 CLIFF-GRADS Welcome Webinar and presented by Ciniro Costa Jr. (CCAFS).
The webinar recording can be found here: https://youtu.be/UoX6aoC4fhQ
Presented by Harsh Rajpal, Code Partners Pte. Ltd., on 30 June 2021 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Webinar on Sustainable Protein Case Study: Outputs and Synthesis of Results.
Presented by Ciniro Costa Jr., CCAFS, on 28 June 2021 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Webinar on Sustainable Protein Case Study: Outputs and Synthesis of Results.
Presented by Marion de Vries, Wageningen Livestock Research at Wageningen University, on 28 June 2021 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Webinar on Sustainable Protein Case Study: Outputs and Synthesis of Results.
Presented by Issac Emery, Informed Sustainability Consulting, on 29 June 2021 at the second day of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Webinar on Sustainable Protein Case Study: Outputs and Synthesis of Results.
Presented by Hongmin Dong and Sha Wei, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), on 28 June 2021 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Webinar on Sustainable Protein Case Study: Outputs and Synthesis of Results.
Presented by Lini Wollenberg, CCAFS, on 28 June 2021 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Webinar on Sustainable Protein Case Study: Outputs and Synthesis of Results.
Presentation by Han Soethoudt, Jan Broeze, and Heike Axmann of Wageningen University & Resaearch (WUR).
WUR and Olam Rice Nigeria conducted a controlled experiment in Nigeria in which mechanized rice harvesting and threshing were introduced on smallholder farms. The result of the study shows that mechanization considerably reduces losses, has a positive impact on farmers’ income, and the climate.
Learn more: https://www.wur.nl/en/news-wur/show-day/Mechanization-helps-Nigerian-farms-reduce-food-loss-and-increase-income.htm
Presentation on the rapid evidence review findings and key take away messages.
Current evidence for biodiversity and agriculture to achieve and bridging gaps in research and investment to reach multiple global goals.
This presentation was given at an internal workshop in April 2020 and was presented by Le Hoang Anh, Hoang Thi Thien Huong, Le Thi Thanh Huyen, and Nguyen Thi Lien Huong.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
GenAISummit 2024 May 28 Sri Ambati Keynote: AGI Belongs to The Community in O...
Tools used in climate risk management policies
1. Tools used in climate risk
management policies
Philip Thornton
Institutions and Policies for Scaling Out Climate Smart Agriculture
Colombo, 2-3 December 2013
2. Outline
• Importance of climate variability and the need for
managing risk
• Types of risk, what CCAFS is doing
• Some tools that can help in policy formulation
concerning risk management
• Summary and what’s needed in the future
3. How does climate variability
affect food insecurity?
• Climate variability can have substantial effects on
agricultural growth at the national level; at local level it
can crush households
• We can show links from climate variability to food
availability and then to food insecurity and poverty
• As climate variability increases in the future (though we
don’t know how, exactly), more pressure on food
insecurity and poverty, all other things being equal
4. Climate variability at the national level
12-month Weighted Anomaly of Standardized Precipitation (WASP) and growth in GDP and agricultural
GDP (data from data.worldbank.org/indicator and the IRI data library, iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/)
5. Climate variability at the household level
Herd dynamics in a Kenyan pastoral landscape with increasing
drought frequency
Thornton & Herrero (2009)
7. • Actions taken now can
reduce vulnerability in
the short term and
enhance resilience in the
long term
Risk management
in CCAFS
• Improving current
climate risk management
should reduce obstacles
to making future
structural adaptations
8. Local-level risk management
• Use of weather forecasts, seasonal
forecasts
• Index-based insurance
• Designed
diversification
• Integrating
traditional risk
management
knowledge
9. National / regional risk management
• Better food security early
warning (e.g. crop yield
forecasting)
• Informing earlier intervention
• Grain, fodder, seed banks
• Trade policies
• Improving national and regional
climate information services
(e.g. inputs to insurance indices)
1 January 2013
10. Tools 1: Weather and climate information
Example: reconstructing historical weather data in Ethiopia
STATION
BLENDED
weather records to use for crop
forecasting, insurance indices,
economic planning, …
Greatrex, 2013
SATELLITE
11. Tools 1: Weather and climate information
Example: downscaled future climate information
Climate Analogues: finding tomorrow's
agriculture today
http://gismap.ciat.cgiar.org/Analogues/
http://ccafs-climate.org
Daily generated data for future climates
using Google Earth
http://gismap.ciat.cgiar.org/MarkSimGCM
™
12. Tools 2: Household modelling under uncertainty
Impact-household
Systems dynamics and mathematical
programming models
Data collection
Household constraints, objectives,
resources
• Climate
• Family structure
• Land management
Impacts on income, food security,
resource use, of different adaptation
/ mitigation options
• Livestock management
• Labour allocation
• Family’s dietary pattern
• Farm’s sales and expenses
• Mitigation practices
What are the local impacts of
policy changes at national level?
13. Tools 2: Household modeling under uncertainty
Sodo, Ethiopia (ILRI, 2010)
Current management
Introduction of cowpea
16. Tools 4: Scenarios to quantify uncertain futures
The way regional
uncertainties play out will
dramatically affect
agriculture and food
security development
pathways
Using scenarios in South Asia
•
•
•
•
LEAD Pakistan organises policy
engagement
NAPA review Bangladesh funded
by ADB
YES Bank India, PANOS South Asia
Nepal adaptation policies
• Actors: governments, private
sector, civil society, academia and
media
• Scenarios being quantified using
global agricultural economic
models: IFRPI’s IMPACT, IIASA’s
GLOBIOM
17. CCAFS East Africa Scenarios to 2050 GDP per capita compared
with the SSP scenarios to 2050, $ per capita (input)
5000
4500
4000
3500
SSP1EasternAf
SSP2EasternAf
3000
SSP3EasternAf
SSP4EasternAf
2500
SSP5EasternAf
CCAFS Scen1 Ants revisedEasternAf
2000
CCAFS Scen2 Zebra revisedEasternAf
CCAFS Scen3 Leopards revisedEasternAf
1500
CCAFS Scen4 Lions revisedEasternAf
1000
500
0
2000
2010
2020
2030
2040
2050
18. Maize production in East Africa projected to 2030 under
four scenarios: results from GLOBIOM (IIASA) and IMPACT
(IFPRI). Historical data from FAO.
• Help organize strategic planning
at the regional level
• Help to guide and develop
agricultural, adaptation and
mitigation policies at the national
level
• Help to guide investments into
agriculture and food security
• Help provide a context for
research
• Provide a regional context for
local decision-making
19. Tools 5: Vulnerability mapping for priority setting
Exposure of
populations to
the impacts of
climate change
(hi, lo)
Exposure 1: Areas
where there is
greater than 5%
change in Length of
Growing Period
(LGP)
x
Sensitivity of
food systems
to these
impacts
(hi, lo)
x
Areas with more
dependence on
crop agriculture
assumed more
sensitive :
cropping <>16%
Coping
capacity of
populations to
address these
impacts (hi, lo)
Chronic food insecurity
a proxy for coping
capacity (institutional,
economic problems):
stunting prevalence
<>40%
• Areas in which food security is vulnerable to climate change using
three key thresholds
• A way to pinpoint areas for targeting of interventions
Ericksen et al. (2010)
20. Tools 5: Vulnerability mapping for priority setting
Exposure of
populations to
the impacts of
climate change
(hi, lo)
x
Sensitivity of
food systems
to these
impacts
(hi, lo)
x
Coping
capacity of
populations to
address these
impacts (hi, lo)
• Areas in which food security is vulnerable to climate change using
three key thresholds
• A way to pinpoint areas for targeting of interventions
Ericksen et al. (2010)
21. Tools 6: Integrated assessment: PE and GCE models
Model
Main exogenous drivers
Main output
variables
Computable
Population, Total Factor Supply or demand
General
Productivity, bioenergy volumes, prices,
Equilibrium (CGE) demand, (carbon) taxes capital stock, GDP,
GHG emissions
e.g. MIRAGE
Partial
Population, GDP, input Supply or demand
Equilibrium (PE) prices, bioenergy
volumes, prices,
demand, yield and area GHG emissions
e.g. IMPACT
trends
22. Tools 6: PE and CGE models
MIRAGE Modeling International Relationships in Applied General Equilibrium
• Export taxes
• WTO Negotiations / Framework
• MIRAGE CGE model with Household Disaggregation
• Climate Change, trade consequences and trade policy
options
Long
• Mitigation
• Biofuels, land use, and food prices
• Adaptation
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Medium
Trade and Climate Change
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Short
Trade Policy Analysis
Laborde, 2013
23. Some of the tools that can inform policy making at different scales
concerning risk management
Tool
Weather data tools
(reconstruction, infilling,
generation)
Household modelling
Production forecasting
Scenarios
(qualitative, quantitative)
Priority setting tools,
processes
(qualitative, quantitative)
Integrated assessment
models
(PE, CGE)
Purpose
• Improve data quality and availability for
decision making and for use in other tools
Scale
Local
national
• Evaluating options under uncertainty for
effects on income, labour requirements,
food security, GHG emissions, …
• Within-season projection of crop yields
Local
Local
national
• Facilitate discussions among stakeholders of Local
plausible future development pathways
Global
• Identify robust alternatives under
uncertainty for attaining agreed objectives
• Identify “hot spots” and “cold spots” of
exposure / risk / vulnerability where
interventions could be targeted
• Future supply and demand, land-use
patterns, trade policy evaluation under
uncertain economic development pathways
Local
Global
Regional
global
24. Achieving coordinated and science-informed policies
1 Managing risk for sustainable agricultural growth
•
•
•
•
Approaches that consider different sources of risk and their
changing profiles
Relative benefits & costs of insurance, diversification, safety nets
More emphasis on building adaptive capacity and innovation
Integrating climate change effects on rainfall, temperature, pest /
disease patterns
2 Promoting policy coordination
•
•
•
Holistic approaches to addressing food security, agriculture, climate
change
Involve multiple stakeholders, sectors, policy areas, time horizons,
levels of governance
Need to face up to complexity, uncertainty, volatility/shocks
3 Linking policy and research under uncertain futures
•
Scenarios for looking at tradeoffs / synergies between multiple
objectives of multiple stressors on human & biophysical systems