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4 Min Read WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Cities across the globe pledged on Monday to use their post-pandemic recovery plans to bolster ways to adapt to the growing risks posed by climate change. The 1000 Cities Adapt Now initiative, launched by several non-governmental organizations and a U.N. agency, will initially start operating in 100 urban areas but eventually expand to 1,000, organizers said at the opening of the two-day virtual Climate Adaptation Summit. The project was deve...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Communities on the frontlines of global warming impacts rarely have a say in decisions made to protect them. This must change Birgitte Qvist-Sørensen is moderator of the ACT Alliance and general secretary of DanChurchAid;  Reverend Ssekasiko Wilberforce is a local faith leader in Uganda, and  Wanjira Mathai is vice president and regional director for Africa at the World Resources Instit...

Climate resilient food systems for Africa: From evidence to action Begin Share this to : Together with Wageningen University & Research, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, CCAFS is organizing a virtual dialogue series on African climate resilient food systems. ​ Loading… Background The challenges facing the food system, particularly in Africa are immense and the global community is not on track to meet SDG targe...