Food security and agriculture

The desert is encroaching across Sicily, the largest and most populous island in the Mediterranean, where a European temperature high of 48.8C was recorded in 2021. Rainfall is down by more than 40% since 2003.

In Canada, our warming planet alters growing conditions, affects crop yields and shifts the types of crops that can be cultivated in different regions of the country.

India's heatwave hits small vendors hardest as they cannot keep produce fresh and customers stay off the streets.

This desk study aims to bridge pastoralist knowledge, local practices, and external interventions by synthesizing literature on pastoral knowledge and practices from the Greater Horn of Africa, Sudano-Sahel regions, and beyond.

A joint investment of R$300 million will give more than 75,000 rural households in the State of Pernambuco an opportunity to improve their ability to cope with the effects of climate change and achieve sustainable management of Brazil’s semi‑arid region.

This policy brief addresses the critical challenge of climate change adaptation in Somaliland, where the impacts of climate change have led to severe social, economic, political, and ecological consequences.

Too hot, too dry, too wet; as extreme weather threatens food security, the race is on to get new seed varieties in the ground

This study assesses the potential macro-economic effects of climate change affecting operations in three maritime chokepoints, i.e., the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, and the Turkish Straits.