ACToday (Adapting Agriculture to Climate Today, for Tomorrow)
- Lead PI: Walter Baethgen , Dr. Lisa Goddard
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Unit Affiliation: International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)
- November 2017 - June 2022
- Inactive
- Africa ; South America ; Asia ; Central America ; Guatemala ; Colombia ; Africa ; Senegal ; Ethiopia ; Asia ; Bangladesh ; Vietnam
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: ACToday seeks to transform the way that climate knowledge and information is brought to bear on the challenges of hunger, food security, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture. It fosters the use of climate services as a means to create a tangible impact on the food systems of six target countries; in doing so, it both improves the lives of people in these target countries and generates evidence of good practice in research translation that can help guide national and international partners to adopt appropriate solutions to the wide range of challenges posed by climate variability and change beyond the six target countries.
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SPONSOR:
Columbia World Projects COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLABORATORS:
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO); Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN); Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment (CCSI); School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA); Mailman School of Public Health; NASA GISS, Data Science InstituteEXTERNAL COLLABORATORS:
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health; Harvest Plus; CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security; World Food Programme; Food and Agriculture Organization; Inter-American Development Bank; World BankWEBSITE:
https://iri.columbia.edu/actoday/
KEYWORDS
agriculture food security climate change crop production climate services climate risk prediction index insurance remote sensing seasonal to subseasonal forecasting monitoring and forecasting climate adaptation decision support services climate and society agricultural production riskTHEMES
Modeling and Adapting to Future ClimateMULTIMEDIA
NextGen Launch in Bogotá, Colombia from IRI on Vimeo.
Country lead for Colombia Ángel G. Muñoz discusses the launch of NextGen in Colombia as well as the future of NextGen and ACToday.
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