UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Mariam Almheiri and US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack at the UAE Pavilion, COP28. (Image source: AIM for Climate)

The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) initiative recently announced more than doubling of investments, partners and Innovation Sprints in transformative climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation, at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)

The collaboration aligns with The Rockefeller Foundations US$1bn climate strategy. (Image source: The Rockefeller Foundation)

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have sealed their partnership through the inking of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which aims to catalyse regenerative agriculture practices, minimise climate change impacts, and promote sustainable food production in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states of Cambodia, Laos Peoples Democratic Republic, and Thailand

The coalition is expected to publish its initial results of the collaborative work in the summer of 2024. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

The World Economic Forum (WEF) on 1 December announced the launch of its new First Movers Coalition for Food initiative, aimed at accelerating sustainable farming and production methods and technologies by leveraging collective demand for low-carbon agricultural commodities

VACS employs an innovative above-ground/below-ground approach to boost productivity and nutritional quality. (Image source: IFAD)

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken recently announced that it will be contributing US$50mn to the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS)’s new multi-donor trust fund, hosted by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)