Mid-way to the endpoint of Agenda 2030, ambitions of achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls (Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5) remain a distant reality. UN Women’s Gender Snapshot 2022 shows that, on the current path to progress, it would take nearly 300 years to achieve gender equality.
Climate change continues to impact rural communities in the global drylands. As the negative impacts of climate change accelerate, transforming deserts into sustainable, productive, and economically viable lands is a priority and can be done by harnessing new practices, technologies, and innovations.
While aquatic foods offer viable and sustainable nutrition solutions, coastal communities and habitats that provide such foods face a major threat from climate change, aggravated by a lack of access to technology and an enabling policy environment. With predominantly marginal livelihoods and little knowledge of how to adapt to climate change, the coastal communities in the global South face a dangerously precarious future. Further, the assault on coastal ecosystems is contributing to increased greenhouse gas emissions, which is compromising the ability of various stakeholders to meet the cl
Little is known about how vulnerable fishery-dependent livelihoods are on a local level due to climate change. Most research has concentrated on the impact of climate change on fisheries systems at the global, regional, and country scales. To fill this gap, WorldFish commissioned a scoping study to assess how climate change affects the fishing communities in two riparian counties along Kenya’s Lake Victoria.
The government of Kenya will co-host three parallel events in Nairobi in early September: the Africa Climate Science Symposium (ACCS, 1-3 September) the Africa Climate Summit (ACS, 4-6 September) and the Africa Climate Week 2023 (ACW, September 4-8).
Event Title: Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Risks
Featured WorldFish Representative: Rahma Adam, Lead, Economic and Social Inclusion, WorldFish
The School Meals Coalition Ministerial Meeting will be co-chaired by two taskforce Coalition, Finland and France, and is supported by the World Food Programme (WFP), as the Secretariat of the Coalition. It will drive actions to urgently improve and scale up school meal programs to ensure that every child has the opportunity to receive a healthy, nutritious meal in school by 2030.
Transforming Aquatic Food Systems (AFS) in Africa to develop and harness their potential requires joint efforts from a range of stakeholders.
Event Title: Grand inauguration of the 100th Soy Excellence Center and the 4th anniversary of the Soy Excellence Center (SEC)
Date: 10-13 September, 2023
Location: Fish for Africa Innovation Hub (FAIH), Abbassa, Egypt
