{"id":111,"date":"2021-02-04T15:20:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2021-02-04T20:07:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T20:07:01","slug":"photo-collage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/media\/photo-collage\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Collage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/Programs\/Food-and-Nature\/Food-Land-Use\/Scaling-Positive-Agriculture\/News\/Smarter-metrics-for-climate-smart-agriculture\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/Programs\/Food-and-Nature\/Food-Land-Use\/Scaling-Positive-Agriculture\/News\/Smarter-metrics-for-climate-smart-agriculture\" target=\"_blank\">Smarter metrics for climate smart agriculture<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHarmonized metrics will enable aggregating results and comparing impacts across companies and sectors.\u00a0 This will be especially useful in tracking progress in adaptation, where diverse metrics have hampered comparability in the past.\u201d &#8211; <strong>Lini Wollenberg<\/strong>, Ph.D. [Flagship Leader, Low Emissions Development, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (<strong>CCAFS<\/strong>)]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/02\/Smarter-metrics-for-climate-smart-agriculture_i1140.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/02\/Smarter-metrics-for-climate-smart-agriculture_i1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/02\/Smarter-metrics-for-climate-smart-agriculture_i1140-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/02\/Smarter-metrics-for-climate-smart-agriculture_i1140-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Smarter metrics for climate-smart agriculture (CSA). Photo Courtesy of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WBCSD<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Climate Smart Cities are the Future<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.undp.org\/content\/undp\/en\/home\/librarypage\/poverty-reduction\/private_sector\/catalyzing-private-sector-investment-in-climate-smart-cities.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cities are responsible for 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions<\/a>, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). And they are highly exposed to many of the impacts of the climate change they contribute to, in particular heat stress, flooding and health emergencies.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/population.un.org\/wpp\/Publications\/Files\/WPP2019_Highlights.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Making cities more resilient, sustainable, inclusive and safe<\/a>\u00a0is one of the United Nations\u2019 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 11), requiring sustained investment&#8221; (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/09\/climate-change-resilience-urban-infrastructure\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/09\/climate-change-resilience-urban-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Economic Forum<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/02\/Climate-smart-city-2000x1335.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/02\/Climate-smart-city-2000x1335.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/02\/Climate-smart-city-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/02\/Climate-smart-city-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/02\/Climate-smart-city-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2021\/02\/Climate-smart-city-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Climate Smart City. Photo Credit: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Economic Forum<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smarter metrics for climate smart agriculture \u201cHarmonized metrics will enable aggregating results and comparing impacts across companies and sectors.\u00a0 This will be especially useful in tracking progress in adaptation, where diverse metrics have hampered comparability in the past.\u201d &#8211; Lini Wollenberg, Ph.D. [Flagship Leader, Low Emissions Development, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/media\/photo-collage\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Photo Collage&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"parent":76,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions\/213"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/noel-ndlovu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}