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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 developed amid concern that adaptation had received relatively weaker attention in the international cli...

* 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 Institute.  The past year brought unprecedented suffering from COVID-19. On top of the pandemic, climate ...

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 targets or the Paris Agreement. The Global Commission on Adaptation in its flagship report Adapt Now cal...