The Two Degree Initiative (2DI) Blue Challenge, led by the CGIAR, is one of nine global challenges, focusing on 3 hotspots for collaborative action and investing, namely Asia, Africa and the Pacific. 

Date: 8-15 September 2020

Read the 2DI Blue Challenge project brochure

The 2DI Blue Challenge is an initiative that connects science, industry, policy and finance to take the leap forward into a climate-resilient future. Through multi-stakeholder consultations, the event identified key interventions where aquatic foods can play a bigger role in building resilience of fisheries and aquaculture dependent communities, and putting food systems on a low emissions pathway. 

It called on stakeholders from government, multilateral organizations, civil society, community-led organizations, research or academic institutes, businesses, SMEs, and finance, in the Great Lakes (Eastern and Southern Africa), South and Southeast Asia, and Pacific Small Island Developing States (Pacific).