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ICRISAT adds its voice to the Africa Climate Action Summit-2023

ICRISAT adds its voice to the Africa Climate Action Summit-2023

Media engagement

Speaking on the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation channel ahead of the African Climate Action Summit-2023, Dr Rebbie Harawa, Regional Director-Africa, ICRISAT, urges scientists to come up with innovative ways to deal with climate change and calls on leaders to walk the talk.

ICRISAT shares common goals with the Summit on addressing climate change and its impacts on agriculture, food security, and sustainable development.

 

 

Click on the video to watch the recorded telecast.
Click on the video to watch the recorded telecast.

Africa Climate Week is an annual event that brings together leaders from governments, businesses, international organizations, and civil society to explore ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while adapting to the mounting fallout from the climate crisis.

This year, Africa Climate Week is taking place in Kenya and is hosted by the Government of Kenya. This event is organized in parallel with the African Climate Action Summit (4-6 September), also hosted by Kenya.

Ramon Peachey
Ramon Peachey Director of Communications

 

Crop Physiology And Modeling
About The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a pioneering International Organization committed to developing and improving dryland farming and agri-food systems to address the challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and environmental degradation affecting the 2.1 billion people residing in the drylands of Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and beyond.

ICRISAT was established under a Memorandum of Agreement between the Government of India and the CGIAR on the 28 March 1972. In accordance with the Headquarters Agreement, the Government of India has extended the status of a specified “International Organisation” to ICRISAT under section 3 of the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947 of the Republic of India through Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. UI/222(66)/71, dated 28 October 1972, issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.

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