On September 24, during Climate Week NYC, Columbia World Projects hosted an event to showcase the strategy and successes of the first Columbia World Project—Adapting Agriculture to Climate Today, for Tomorrow (ACToday)—which is led by the Climate School's International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI).

The event, "Reducing Climate Threats to Food Systems: Highlights from the First Columbia World Project," explored how ACToday has strengthened the capacities and capabilities of national climate institutions in six countries and highlighted ways in which ACToday teams are training staff at national ministries, agriculture extension services and research institutions to become more sophisticated users of climate information for decision making.

Wafaa El-Sadr, Director of Columbia World Projects and Alex Halliday, Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School took part in the conversation, which was moderated by Walter Baethgen, Senior Research Scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society. 

A video of the event is available here: