{"id":12762,"date":"2026-06-20T12:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/climate-change-learning-alliance-goes-into-action\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:47:09","slug":"climate-change-learning-alliance-goes-into-action","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/climate-change-learning-alliance-goes-into-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate change learning alliance goes into action"},"content":{"rendered":"Kampala, Ug anda, 11 August 2015 \u2013 A learning alliance that brings together policymakers, researchers,  and development practitioners to influence effective policy formulation  and implementation on climate change  and food security kicks off its activities with a two-day planning meeting on 13-14 August. in Kampala, Ug anda.\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_13155\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13155\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1024_DSC_0089_0617.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13155\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSC_0089_0617-300x211-1.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of A learning alliance was created recently to support formulation  and implementation of policies that will help smallholder farmers, especially women, to adapt to climate change.\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A learning alliance was created recently to support formulation  and implementation of policies that will help smallholder farmers, especially women, to adapt to climate change.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nDuring the meeting, members of the Climate Change Learning Alliance will refine their action plan for engaging policymakers to ensure that Ug anda is better able to adapt to the impact of climate change. This involves putting in place policies formulated with knowledge from scientific evidence  and which adequately address gender issues, when determining climate-smart practices.\n\nThe members will agree on the working modalities of the alliance  and how it will:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Raise awareness on climate change policy issues.<\/li>\n \t<li>Share practices on engaging multi-stakeholders in natural resource management.<\/li>\n \t<li>Share evidence on changing climate in Ug anda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe alliance is an initiative of the Policy Action for Climate Change Adaptation (<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.iita.org\/tag\/pacca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PACCA<\/a>) project. PACCA aims to influence  and link policies  and institutions from national to local level for the development  and adoption of climate-resilient food systems through the integration of the scientific community with policy actors.\n\nThe project forms a crucial part of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture  and Food Security (<a href=\"https:\/\/ccafs.cgiar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CCAFS<\/a>) policies  and institution research work in East Africa  and is led by IITA.\n\u201cBy initiating this learning alliance, PACCA is providing a platform for harmonizing, coordinating,  and consolidating efforts across different sectors  and actors to ensure that research evidence is put to full use to influence policy formulation  and implementation processes,\u201d says Edidah Ampaire, PACCA Project Coordinator based at IITA-Ug anda.\n\nThis unique alliance brings together various stakeholders that include research bodies, climate change focal ministries, NGO consortiums, media houses, youth groups,  and other entities relevant in influencing policy decision making.\n\nOther key PACCA partners include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institut international de recherche sur l'\u00e9levage (ILRI)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bioversityinternational.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bioversity International<\/a>, le <a href=\"http:\/\/ciat.cgiar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centre international d'agriculture tropicale<\/a>,  and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldagroforestry.org\/\">Centre mondial d'agroforesterie<\/a>. The project is being implemented in Ug anda  and Tanzania, supporting the two countries to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change.\n\nFor more information please contact:\n\nJohn Francis Okiror, e-mail: <a href=\"mailto:jfokiror31@gmail.com\">jfokiror31@gmail.com<\/a>\nRebecca Nabatanzi e-mail: <a href=\"mailto:R.Nabatanzi@cgiar.org\">R.Nabatanzi@cgiar.org<\/a>\n\n<strong>\u00c0 propos de l'IITA<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">www.iita.org<\/a>\nL'IITA est l'un des principaux partenaires de recherche au monde pour trouver des solutions \u00e0 la faim, \u00e0 la malnutrition et \u00e0 la pauvret\u00e9. Son approche prim\u00e9e de recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement (R4D) r\u00e9pond aux besoins de d\u00e9veloppement des pays tropicaux. L'IITA travaille avec des partenaires pour am\u00e9liorer la qualit\u00e9 et la productivit\u00e9 des cultures, r\u00e9duire les risques pour les producteurs et les consommateurs, et g\u00e9n\u00e9rer de la richesse \u00e0 partir de l'agriculture. L'IITA est une organisation \u00e0 but non lucratif fond\u00e9e en 1967 au Nig\u00e9ria et r\u00e9gie par un Conseil d'administration. L'IITA travaille sur les cultures suivantes : le ni\u00e9b\u00e9, le soja, la banane\/banane plantain, l'igname, le manioc et le ma\u00efs. Il est membre du CGIAR, un partenariat mondial de recherche agricole pour un avenir s\u00fbr sur le plan alimentaire.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A learning alliance that brings together policymakers, researchers, and development practitioners to influence effective policy formulation and implementation on climate change and food security kicks off its activities with a two-day planning meeting on 13-14 August. in Kampala, Uganda.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":12763,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[279],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[47],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[193],"class_list":["post-12762","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-climate-changepaccapolicy-action-for-climate-change-adaptation","location-uganda","item-year-193"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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