Here on the TMG blog our team and collaborators share our latest research, comment on current political events, and engage with debates in the many fields in which we work.
Urban Food FuturesSep 29, 2025Cheaper Food, Higher Costs: The Paradox of Nairobi’s Food Systems
What are the hidden costs of foods sold in Nairobi's informal markets, and who must bear them? We discuss how the city could build food systems that are both affordable and fair—for consumers and the people who feed them.
Christian Sonntag, Emmanuel Atamba, Lumi Youm
Land GovernanceJun 26, 2025Did 2024 - the year of the triple COP - change anything for land rights?
What did this “triple COP” moment really deliver for land rights? Can we keep the momentum up to advance gains made and push for bolder action?
Frederike Klümper
Urban Food FuturesJun 20, 2025Working with informality: A hidden path to Zero Hunger
Global progress on Zero Hunger is faltering, but a powerful, overlooked solution exists: working with informality. Supporting the networks already feeding cities and sustaining communities can drive progress not only on hunger, but across multiple SDGs.
Jes Weigelt
Land GovernanceMay 29, 2025Land rights are a tool for justice in carbon markets
Explore how carbon credit projects threaten people's land rights, as well as concrete policy pathways to reverse this alarming trend to achieve climate justice.
Joanna Trimble
Food SystemsMay 26, 2025Agroecology at a crossroads: Reflections from the Second Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference
EAAC25 was a dynamic platform for knowledge exchange, exhibitions, and scientific presentations. Yet certain gaps and contradictions emerged, raising critical questions about the future trajectory of agroecology in the region.
Emmanuel Atamba
Urban Food FuturesApr 08, 2025Hungry to learn: Rethinking school meals in Nairobi’s informal settlements
No child should have to learn on an empty stomach. In Mukuru, one of Nairobi's largest informal settlements, TMG Research is collaborating with local partners to build a more sustainable and equitable school meals model.
Serah Kiragu-Wissler, Emmanuel Atamba
Land GovernanceMar 04, 2025Women are heralded as land stewards, let's herald their land rights
Land is a powerful resource to combat climate change. But growing land demands to mitigate its impacts can worsen entrenched inequalities for women. The Women's Land Rights Initiative poses a novel solution to this challenge.
Joanna Trimble, Frederike Klümper
Land GovernanceDec 19, 2024Against the odds: Advancing land tenure and synergies at COP16
Our reflection of the UNCCD COP 16
Frederike Klümper, Jes Weigelt
Food SystemsNov 27, 2024From Crisis to Innovation: Learning from the Previous Desert Locust Invasions
How we can develop strategies to safeguard our food security and ecological balance
Elena Lazutkaitė, and Emily Kimathi with contribution from the ICPAC Climate Change Technical Working Group
Urban Food FuturesNov 26, 2024A Feminist Call to Transform Urban Food Systems at CFS
Integrating a feminist approach to food systems offers powerful solutions to bolstering local food insecurity
Nicole Paganini, Lena Bassermann
True Cost AccountingNov 26, 2024Fourth Agricultural Revolution: Who bears the costs, who gains the benefits?
In this article Pat Mooney explores the complex trade-offs of the Fourth Agricultural Revolution
Pat Mooney
True Cost AccountingNov 25, 2024True Cost Accounting and the need for a rights-based approach in food systems transformation
Tania Eulalia Martinez-Cruz argues that while True Cost Accounting can reveal hidden harms in food systems, its current capital-based framework must adopt a rights-based approach to ensure accountability, justice, and the protection of human rights.
Tania Eulalia Martinez-Cruz
Food SystemsNov 22, 2024Coordination: a game-changer in Kenya’s food systems transformation?
Drawing on dialogues with experts in Kenya, TMG Research releases its latest policy brief highlighting the critical need to strengthen coordination mechanisms in food systems governance.
Emmanual Atamba, Larissa Stiem-Bhatia
True Cost AccountingNov 22, 2024The Hidden Power of Trade: How it Became the Elephant in the Room
Ulrich Hoffmann calls for integrating True Cost Accounting into trade policies to balance economic gains with environmental costs and safeguard vulnerable stakeholders like farming communities in global food value chains.
Ulrich Hoffmann
True Cost AccountingNov 20, 2024True Cost Accounting to Assist Good Governance: Opportunities and Challenges
Nadia El Hage Scialabba reflects on vested interests, such as agribusiness influence on research, and how they distort food system governance and priorities.
Nadia El Hage Scialabba
True Cost AccountingNov 19, 2024Data strategy for True Cost Accounting
Wei Zhang argues that investing in an open access global True Cost Accounting database will support essential agricultural data collection to inform decision-making at local, national, and transnational levels.
Wei Zhang
Land GovernanceOct 24, 2024The “Women Rise for Nature Project” in Kenya’s Trans-Nzoia County harnesses a powerful digital tool to protect land rights and fight gender-based violence
In Trans-Nzoia County, carbon market projects designed to fight climate change greatly impact land use. If not carefully managed, these initiatives can threaten women’s land rights. The Women RISE 4 Nature (WR4N) project empowers women through Haki Ardhi
William A. Onura, Ilse Pelkmans
Land GovernanceJul 16, 2024In Memory of Klaus Töpfer
Jes Weigelt reflects on the passing of Klaus Töpfer, the questions motivating his commitments, and the roots of TMG Research’s founding.
Jes Weigelt
Land GovernanceJul 16, 2024Investing in community level land and environment governance institutions is imperative to the success of national forest and landscape restoration plans: TMG case study of Bua catchment in Malawi
A case study of forest protection and conservation measures implemented Bua catchment area in Malawi, and the tenure rights dynamics for local communities living adjacent to forestlands.
Washe Kazungu
True Cost AccountingJul 08, 2024How can True Cost Accounting support the transformation of food systems in times of multiple crises?
Summary of the workshop convened by the Expert Advisory Group of the project Assessment and Communication of Climate Impacts of Food (CLIF) in France.
Lisa Klaus, Olivia Riemer
- Food SystemsJul 08, 2024
Exploring pathways for governing food systems transformation (FST) in Kenya
TMG Research organized a workshop in Nairobi with diverse actors from government, civil society, private sector, and research to jointly explore governance mechanisms for the transformation of Kenya’s food systems.
Emmanuel Atamba
Land GovernanceJul 01, 2024Unlocking Synergies for Women's Land Rights: Bridging Rio Conventions with Grassroots Organizations
This year’s Women’s Land Rights Initiative, co-hosted by TMG Research, the Robert Bosch Stiftung, UNCCD, UNCBD and UNFCCC, brought together 50 stakeholders to interrogate the role of women's land rights within the Rio Conventions.
Frederike Klümper (TMG Research), Laura Rahmeier (Robert Bosch Stiftung), Karen Elizabeth Bernard and Marcos Montoiro (UNCCD), Wiebke Bender (UNFCCC), Olivier Rukundo (UNCBD)
Land GovernanceJun 07, 2024Navigating carbon markets: implications for land rights and community empowerment in Kenya
In collaboration with Power Shift Africa, TMG Research organized a workshop in Nairobi to facilitate an exchange on the implications of carbon markets on land rights with stakeholders, including representatives from ‘affected’ communities.
William Onura, Moritz Hauer, Washe Kazungu, and Frederike Klümper
Land GovernanceMay 30, 2024Climate solutions pose novel problems for global land governance, and importantly, people's rights
Together with our partners Robert Bosch Stiftung and Powershift Africa, TMG organized different sessions at the World Bank Land Conference examining the pivotal role of land rights for a just transition towards a sustainable and carbon-neutral future.
Frederike Klümper (TMG Research), Alice Stevens (Transparency International), Louisa Prause (Robert Bosch Stiftung)
Urban Food FuturesMay 24, 202430 years of democracy: A reflection on transition without transformation ahead of South Africa's election
This election could redefine South Africa's democratic landscape amidst persistent challenges in achieving true equality
Nicole Paganini, Sanelisiwe Siyotula-Tschappe, Thembeka Sikobi
True Cost AccountingMay 15, 2024Unlocking the Potential of Data to Implement True Cost Accounting for Food Systems Transformation
TMG will soon publish a report and a European database to enhance the accessibility and usability of the True Cost Accounting methodology
Siranush Ghukasyan, Gültac Cinar, Olivia Riemer
Land GovernanceMay 08, 2024Rights4Land tools revamped: accessible, comprehensive, and localized
Rights4Land tools were revamped to include human rights instruments that better suit local needs and further equip activists and governments with information critical to upholding land rights.
Ilse Pelkmans
Land GovernanceApr 24, 2024Promoting land restoration beyond public forest: The case of Loita Community Forest in Narok County, Kenya
Insights from our work with Kenya Land Alliance in Kenya on the opportunity to strengthen national plans to restore degraded lands by increasing support for community forests
Washe Kazungu
Land GovernanceApr 16, 2024No land rights? No climate justice
Indigenous Peoples and local communities face uncertainty as climate change initiatives place them in jeopardy. Ensuring their tenure rights are key to achieving a climate-just future
Jes Weigelt
Land GovernanceApr 02, 2024Pioneering systems change: grassroots action forges gender-just pathways to accountability
The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) focused on how to reform institutions that routinely exclude women and eliminate poverty
Frederike Klümper, Nicole Paganini, Ilse Pelkmans, David Betge
Food SystemsMar 06, 2024Governance in der Sonderinitiative „EINEWELT ohne Hunger“: Wer steuerte was wohin?
Die vorliegende Studie analysiert explorativ die Governance – also die politische Steuerung – der Sonderinitiative »EINEWELT ohne Hunger« (SEWOH), welche von 2014 bis 2022 durch das BMZ realisiert wurde.
Harry Hoffmann, Jörg Schindler
AdaptationFeb 27, 2024Strengthening water user associations through digitalization: A field experiment in Southern Maharashtra
There is an urgent need for equal water access in India, which is why TMG and SOPPECOM have partnered to strengthen their water management capacities through digital technologies.
Larissa Stiem-Bhatia (TMG Research), Neha Bhadbhade (SOPPECOM)
Food SystemsFeb 27, 2024Harnessing policy thinking within development cooperation to strengthen the governance of food systems transformation
TMG is working to unravel which governance mechanisms are best placed to draw out synergies and collaborations between different food system actors
Daniel Montas
Land GovernanceFeb 27, 2024Shaping Just Transition: TMG Research's strategic contributions to building momentum for a land tenure and climate agenda in the three Rio Conventions
Building momentum around climate action and land tenure
Frederike Klümper
Food SystemsFeb 26, 2024The SEWOH Lab – From Data to Action
The SEWOH lab consists of six projects, all of them aiming to combine digital tools and social innovations that generate progress towards sustainable transformations of our societies and food systems.
David Betge
Urban Food FuturesFeb 26, 2024From scoping to action research: Implementation of five pathways for more resilient and inclusive urban food systems in Cape Town and Nairobi
Strengthening Systemic Approaches to Urban Food Transformation
Nicole Paganini
True Cost AccountingFeb 26, 2024Towards a new economic and governance approach for food systems transformation
TMG provided a pivotal background paper on True Cost Accounting to SOFA, and used this platform to call for stronger, more integrated and accountable business reporting standards.
Olivia Riemer, Lisa Maria Klaus
Land GovernanceFeb 26, 2024Just transitions rest on the horizon where ideas and action collide
TMG is running full steam to use its action-oriented research to craft innovative, grassroots projects and inform global dialogue.
Jes Weigelt
Food SystemsJan 24, 2024Harvesting Insights: Key Takeaways from the first two editions of Kakamega Governor's Day with Farmers
In a groundbreaking initiative, Kakamega County trail-blazed a process that annually unites farmers and policymakers, aptly referred to as "Governor's Day with Farmers" (GDF).
Lilian Mukoche
Land GovernanceDec 20, 2023How Securing Land Rights Can Contribute to Increased Resilience, Soil Restoration, and More Sustainable Land Use
In many African countries, insecure land rights spark conflicts with governments in global environmental programmes. TMG Research's workshop addressed challenges, proposed solutions, and created a roadmap for the crucial year of 2024.
TMG Land Governance Team
Food SystemsDec 19, 2023Insights from UNFCCC COP28 Side Events: Creating Inclusive Governance Solutions for Sustainable Food Systems
Two side events by TMG Research and WWF discussed how to get from declarations to implementation of effective food systems transformation.
Lisa Maria Klaus
Food SystemsNov 08, 2023From Data to Action: Six principles for inclusive digitalization towards food systems transformation
TMG Research hosted a forum on inclusive digitalization to gather expertise and guidance based on the innovating experiences and demands of communities
Clare Crowe Pettersson
Food SystemsNov 07, 2023Governance of Food Systems Transformation in Kenya – many answers and further questions
To contribute to answering questions about the transformation of food systems at the Kenyan level, TMG Research organized a workshop in Nairobi as part of its Food Systems program
Harry Hoffmann, Emmanuel Atamba
Land GovernanceSep 26, 2023Land Rights and Gender Responsive Climate Action Seminar
Towards Climate Justice: Securing Women’s Land Rights for a Resilient Tomorrow
Moritz Hauer, Frederike Klümper
Land GovernanceAug 03, 2023Responsible Land Governance in Land Degradation Neutrality Programmes: Insights from Malawi
A case study of forest protection and conservation measures implemented in Malawi’s Ntchisi Forest Reserve, and the impact of these measures on the tenure rights of communities living adjacent to the forest.
Washe Kazungu
Land GovernanceAug 01, 2023Grabbing land to save the planet or using the power of human rights to protect tenure rights?
Responsible land governance for fair transitions
David Betge; Ilse Pelkmans
Land GovernanceAug 01, 2023The revolution will be crowdsourced!
Developing new forms of reporting and monitoring for empowerment and accountability.
David Betge
Food SystemsJul 27, 2023UNFSS Stocktaking Moment: Empowering Civil Society for Inclusive Food Systems Transformation
Highlights of UNFSS Stocktaking Moment - side event on civili society actors and marginalized groups in governance of food systems transformation.
Harry Hoffmann
Food SystemsJul 21, 2023Food systems governance in Kenya: leaving no one behind
Reflections from the National Agriculture Summit – July 2023
Emmanuel Atamba, Jörg Schindler
Land GovernanceJul 13, 2023Harnessing Synergies and Mobilizing Joint Action: A Historic First Workshop on Women’s Land Rights with all Three Rio Conventions
Reducing systemic inequalities, mitigating and adapting to climate change, and conserving biodiversity through nature conservation, sustainable land management and restoration
Emily Robertson, Moritz Hauer, Frederike Klümper
Food SystemsJun 30, 2023Navigating digitalization in disaster risk reduction
Digital technologies initially lauded for emergency response in post-2010 Haiti earthquake, but mismanagement of resources and barriers to local input exposed disconnect with local communities.
Dr. Elena Lazutkaite; Dr Ahmed Amdihun; Alexander Müller
Food SystemsJun 16, 2023Inclusive Governance of Food Systems Transformation: Empowering Food System Actors
Berlin workshop in June 2023 on inclusive food systems governance, emphasizing empowerment of marginalized groups, addressing power imbalances, and fostering collaborations.
Daniel Montas
Food SystemsMay 25, 2023World Bee Day 2023: Time for sustainable solutions to tackle locust upsurges
An urgent call to safeguard pollinators during pest eradication campaigns.
Elena Lazutkaite, Adam Prakash, Alexander Müller
Land GovernanceMay 22, 2023Engaging traditional leaders to advance environmental protection
A visit to a revered Maasai traditional leader at the forefront of protecting the sacred Loita Forest in Kenya
William Onura
Food SystemsApr 27, 2023Unveiling the hidden costs of climate-related disasters in eastern Africa
Lessons in integrating True Cost Accounting to support disaster risk management
Elena Lazutkaite
Land GovernanceMar 28, 2023Governor’s Day with Farmers – an innovative governance tool to bring more local agri-food actors to the policy table
Highlights of the 2nd Governor's Day with Farmers, Kakamega County Kenya
William Onura, Larissa Stiem-Bhatia
Urban Food FuturesMar 22, 2023Food system transformation requires a compass: Ours is the progressive realization of the right to food in low-income urban settings
TMG’s Urban Food Futures programme publishes its scoping report
Nicole Paganini
Urban Food FuturesMar 10, 2023“Food is not a peculiar challenge in times of crisis. Food is the common crisis”
TMG side event at ARFSD 2023 advocates for valorizing the informal sector as a critical lever for transforming food systems across African cities
Sanelisiwe Siyotula-Tshappe
Urban Food FuturesMar 07, 2023Kitchens, gender and unlearning feminism
Urban Food Futures research results presented at CSW67
Caroline Peters, Nicole Paganini
Land GovernanceMar 03, 2023Women's rights ARE human rights
Harnessing the power of human rights to secure women's land tenure security
Ilse Pelkmans, Frederike Klümper
Land GovernanceMar 01, 2023Digitalizing Development – not digitizing the status quo!
Leveraging the potential of digital tools to build inclusive and sustainable agrifood systems
David Betge
Land GovernanceFeb 06, 2023The power of human rights to protect tenure rights
A call to human rights and land actors to join hands and advance human rights-based approaches to land governance
Ilse Pelkmans, Wangu Mwangi, Frederike Klümper
Food SystemsJan 31, 2023Emergency solution or silver bullet?
Highlights of discussions on how to steer national pathways for food system transformation at GFFA 2023
Daniel Montas
Urban Food FuturesJan 26, 2023Business as usual will not fix urban food system crisis: A call to prioritize local voices
Berlin meeting examines gaps between international policy intentions and implementation on the ground
Sanelisiwe Siyotula-Tschappe
AdaptationDec 13, 2022Linking biodiversity conservation to human rights: A much-needed conversation at CBD 15
We need to find new ways to agree on, and implement, robust goals for biodiversity protection
Alexander Müller and Jes Weigelt
- Urban Food FuturesDec 07, 2022
Could “Urban Nutrition Hubs” offer a systemic response to entrenched hunger and inequality?
Take aways from a policy engagement event in Cape Town
Wangu Mwangi, Luke Metelerkamp, Nicole Paganini
Food SystemsNov 15, 2022Governance: A key missing link in tackling climate-related transboundary threats
Highlights of a GLF Climate expert session co-organized by TMG and IGAD-ICPAC on the sidelines of UNFCCC COP 27
Wangu Mwangi
Urban Food FuturesNov 03, 2022Coping with conflicts and forced displacement — the role of Foyer Fama’s Kitchen
Exploring the potential of controlled environment agriculture in creating an urban nutrition hub
Dieudonné Edouard Sango
Urban Food FuturesNov 02, 2022Hunger’s Vicious Cycle: Intersecting food price, security and political crises in Burkina Faso
Climate shocks and rising global input costs are converging with internal conflict and political instability, triggering devastating food price increases in Burkina Faso.
Dieudonné Edouard Sango
Urban Food FuturesNov 01, 2022As urban food insecurity worsens, school feeding provides a crucial safety net
Examining the state of school feeding
Atula Owade
Urban Food FuturesOct 31, 2022Drivers of urban food system transformation: Unpacking a social change process in Nairobi
Providing space for affected residents to identify their most pressing needs and to be fully involved in designing and implementing solutions for improving their situation
Atula Owade
- Land GovernanceOct 25, 2022
Unlocking the potential of the Voluntary Guidelines on Land Tenure in food system transformation
A summary of the CFS 50 side event, Unlocking the potential of the VGGT through Land Degradation Neutrality
Land GovernanceOct 18, 2022Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure (VGGT)
A Decade of the CFS VGGT: assessing progress and enhancing accountability
Frederike Klümper and Ilse Pelkmans
Land GovernanceSep 19, 2022The race to net zero: Balancing between ecosystem restoration and safeguarding legitimate land rights?
A summary of the GLF Africa session: Our Landscape, Our Rights, Our Investment
Land GovernanceAug 15, 2022Crowdsourcing land rights data to improve women’s tenure security
Exploring what it takes to leverage the potential of digital technologies on the ground
David Betge, Wangu Mwangi
Urban Food FuturesAug 10, 2022With pots and pens to parliament – Understanding and responding to crises through a critical feminist lens
A blog commemorating Women’s Day in South Africa, 9 August
Caroline Peters, Wendy Pekeur, Matilda Tsitsi Fakazi, Nomonde Buthelezi, Hazel and Sanelisiwe Nyaba, Nicole Paganini and Victoria Redmond
Urban Food FuturesJul 27, 2022Steering Conversations for Building Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Urban Food Systems
Reflections on African cities’ path towards sustainability
Atula Owade
Land GovernanceMay 23, 2022For a just transition to a sustainable planet we must secure land rights
Highlights of UNCCD COP 15 contributions by TMG and partners
Wangu Mwangi
Land GovernanceMay 23, 2022Land tenure rights are at the heart of fighting hunger and transforming food systems
Highlights from the first ever Food Day at the Rio Conventions Pavilion at UNCCD COP 15 in Abidjan
David Betge
Urban Food FuturesMay 17, 2022What are you dishing up? The art of storytelling in transforming urban food systems
The uPhakantoni Cape Town Podcast creates a space for conversations around poverty and hunger enabling people to candidly speak for themselves.
Atula Owade
Urban Food FuturesApr 14, 2022Urban displacements: Facing up to rising food insecurity in Nairobi
Analysing media reporting of evictions in the Mukuru informal settlement of Nairobi
Atula Owade and Samuel Wairimu
Food SystemsApr 07, 2022Shaping tomorrow’s food systems
The role of farmer organisations in global food system transformation
Jörg Schindler
Food SystemsApr 07, 2022A looming global food crisis: What should the global response be?
Unpacking the Four “Cs” of 2022 - Climate, Conflict, Covid and (high food) Costs
Alexander Müller and Adam Prakash
- Food SystemsMar 21, 2022
Food systems transformation: towards a common understanding
TMG Research convenes expert group to kick off new research project on food systems transformation
Sarah Zitterbarth
Urban Food FuturesMar 07, 2022Empowered women: Re-imagining food and community in Cape Town
Project partners meet some women using community kitchens to drive social transformation in Cape Town's informal settlements.
Victoria Redmond and Nicole Paganini
Land GovernanceMar 07, 2022First Governor’s Day with Farmers takes place in Kakamega County
A template for inclusive policymaking for sustainable agricultural development
Atula Owade
Food SystemsMar 01, 2022Desert locust and climate change: a call for improved global governance
A response to the latest IPCC climate report
Dr Elena Lazutkaite
Food SystemsFeb 24, 2022Building better resilience to desert locust and other transboundary threats amid the climate crisis
A plaidoyer for a paradigm shift on handling crises
Dr Adam Prakash and Dr Elena Lazutkaite
Urban Food FuturesFeb 09, 2022Re-Imagining Food In Cities: Working On A Theory Of Change For Urban Food Futures In Cape Town
In January 2022 the Urban Food Futures programme partners in Cape Town met to jointly formulate and discuss the programme's Theory of Change.
Jemima Spring
Urban Food FuturesFeb 08, 2022School feeding: Challenges, Trends and Opportunities
School feeding programmes are the most extensive social safety net worldwide and increasingly seen as a lever to not only achieve children’s human rights to food, education and health but also transform food systems more holistically.
Samuel Wairimu
- Urban Food FuturesFeb 08, 2022
Transforming urban food systems starting from consumption: a reflection on the 2022 International Symposium on Nutrition
This year’s International Nutrition Symposium was all about the urban nutrition transition and the question: “How do we change consumer behaviour towards more sustainability?”
Irene Fabricci and Louisa Nelle
Land GovernanceFeb 03, 2022It starts with people: The human rights imperative for achieving large-scale restoration targets
Contextualising a GFFA Expert Panel hosted by TMG Research
Wangu Mwangi and Jes Weigelt
True Cost AccountingFeb 03, 2022A lot on our plate: Dietary patterns as a starting point for the sustainable transformation of food systems
Using the innovative methodology of True Cost Accounting (TCA) — and building on an analysis of current as well as desired future dietary patterns — to guide policy development and actions.
Harry Stopes and Wangu Mwangi
True Cost AccountingDec 20, 2021True Cost Accounting at COP 26: A new tool to support sustainable food systems transformation
Showing the “hidden costs” of production and revealing the benefits of sustainable food systems
Polina Korneeva
True Cost AccountingDec 17, 2021What is our food worth to us?
Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Side Event explores integrated valuation tools for food systems transformation
Louisa Nelle
Urban Food FuturesDec 14, 2021Beyond Food Aid: A “Kitchen Retreat” reimagines community in the Cape Flats
A space to exhale, listen and learn
Nicole Paganini and Wangu Mwangi
Urban Food FuturesDec 09, 2021Towards more inclusive and resilient food systems for Nairobi's informal settlements
Partner workshop charts transformative pathways for Nairobi's informal urban settlements
Louisa Nelle and Wangu Mwangi
AdaptationDec 02, 2021Who benefits? SEWOH Lab study explores farmers’ engagement in carbon sequestration schemes
Findings from research on carbon sequestration in agricultural soils
Bruno St-Jacques
AdaptationNov 09, 2021Alliances for change: Developing a collaborative roadmap for Ecosystem-based Adaptation
IKI-funded Climate-SDG Integration Project develops a roadmap for scaling up ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change
Larissa Stiem-Bhatia, Harry Stopes
AdaptationNov 05, 2021Strengthening international solidarity for climate resilience
Advancing rights-based approaches for food systems transformation and climate resilience
Wangu Mwangi
- True Cost AccountingNov 03, 2021
Transformation: does the term still have value?
TMG think piece series
Alexander Müller and Jes Weigelt
AdaptationOct 05, 2021Why context matters in ecosystem resilience: Five insights from India and Guatemala
TMG and partners publish the results of an analysis of community resilience initiatives at several study sites in India and Guatemala
Harry Stopes, Wangu Mwangi
Land GovernanceSep 29, 2021How should we apply the Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure? Takeaways from a training session ahead of the 10th anniversary of the VGGT
TMG Research hosted a VGGT Training in August 2021, focusing on the practical implementation of the Guidelines within its partner countries. This article summarizes the key takeaways.
Elena Müller, Frederike Klümper
Land GovernanceSep 09, 2021Easing access to land for Africa’s youth: Are community land lease arrangements the answer?
Addressing structural constraints that discourage young people from joining the agricultural sector
Washe Kazungu
AdaptationAug 24, 2021Escalamiento del enfoque de Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas en una política pública local
Implementación del enfoque AbE en el Plan de Desarrollo Municipal y Ordenamiento Territorial 2019-2032 del municipio de Chiantla, departamento de Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Asociación ADIMI
AdaptationJul 13, 2021Building wider support for ecosystem-based adaptation: how can communications help?
Ecosystem-based adaptation increases resilience in the face of climate change, but its adoption is still limited. How better communications can increase uptake.
Gabriela Flores
Land GovernanceJul 11, 2021Developing a human rights approach to land governance: a workshop report
How mapping stakeholder relations can help to improve land conflict resolution mechanisms
Frederike Klümper, Harry Stopes
Land GovernanceJun 25, 2021The many faces of sustainability
Youth in Soil writers share stories from Africa
Harry Stopes
Land GovernanceJun 17, 2021“I don’t know where the firewood buyers are coming from”
How Covid-19 puts the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities at risk
Oscar Schmidt, Serah Kiragu-Wissler, Nelson Muiru and Julius Kariara
AdaptationJun 04, 2021People and Planet
Empowering African communities in ecosystem restoration
Jes Weigelt and Wangu Mwangi
Land GovernanceMay 26, 2021Towards a cultural reset in restoring Africa’s drylands
Insights for empowering community-led land management as the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) kicks off
Wangu Mwangi and Jes Weigelt
Urban Food FuturesMay 18, 2021Covid-19 and the evolving face of urban farming in Nairobi
How Covid-19 is changing food production in East Africa's largest city
Samuel Wairimu
- AdaptationApr 26, 2021
The EU has what it takes to ramp up global ambition on oceans and climate
3rd International Ocean Governance Forum lays agenda for transformative Blue Economy pathways
Wangu Mwangi and Harry Stopes
- AdaptationApr 01, 2021
From Watershed Development to Ecosystem-based Adaptation
A journey to systemic resilience
Devaraj de Condappa and Stephen Roche
Food SystemsMar 31, 2021Cheap food is expensive
Why the World Food Systems Summit must usher in a fundamental change to our food system
Alexander Müller
Land GovernanceMar 25, 2021Achieving the right to land: An innovative tool for tracking land governance in Malawi
Exploring how a human rights approach will strengthen land rights
Harry Stopes, Wangu Mwangi, Anna Kramer
Food SystemsMar 09, 2021Repurposing social media
Spotlight on emerging innovations in Nairobi’s informal fresh food retail sector
Sarah D’haen, Louisa Nelle and Irene Fabricci
Land GovernanceMar 08, 2021To protect ecosystems, invest in women’s capacities!
This International Women’s Day we highlight the importance of women to the success of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030
Harry Stopes, Jes Weigelt and Wangu Mwangi
Land GovernanceDec 04, 2020Knowledge that lasts: Repurposing farmer-led extension models in Benin
Testing farmer-led knowledge sharing approaches for strengthening sustainable land management and climate resilience in Benin
Check Abdel Kader Baba and Wangu Mwangi
Land GovernanceDec 04, 2020Social innovations for healthy soils and human well-being
Supporting smallholders in safeguarding soil ecosystems
Larissa Stiem-Bhatia
AdaptationOct 29, 2020Alliances for Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Guatemala
A global shout out to ecosystem-based adaptation
Marai El Fassi
Food SystemsJun 30, 2020Building Our Food Systems Back Better
What is required to make food systems provide sufficient, healthy food while not harming the planet? How should food security be maintained given the threat posed by climate change?
Alexander Müller and Jes Weigelt
Food SystemsJun 25, 2020Covid-19 Food/Future: How are food systems reconfiguring under the current pandemic?
This article presents insights gathered during the first six weeks of the Covid-19 Food/Future initiative by a team of young and dynamic voices based in nine African countries.
Matteo Lattanzi, Bruno St-Jacques and Sarah D’haen
Urban Food FuturesMay 25, 2020Video Diaries in the Days of Corona: Voices from the Ground
Young farmers’ insights on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa @CovidFoodFuture and video diaries from Nairobi’s informal settlements
Alexander Müller and Sarah d'haen
AdaptationDec 21, 2019Guatemala holds its first National Forum on Ecosystem-based Adaptation
At the National Forum on Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Guatemala, various stakeholders recognized in a written declaration the urgent need to scale-up nature-based solutions
Marai El Fassi
AdaptationOct 14, 2019Nurturing nature: Identifying Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) initiatives to build social and political support for EbA upscaling in Guatemala
A step-by-step approach to identifying successful ecosystem-based adaptation initiatives
Marai El Fassi and Chelsea Jones
AdaptationSep 25, 2019Creating an enabling environment for nature-based solutions to climate change
Global goals will not percolate by themselves, local evidence is fundamental to implementing nature-based solutions to climate change
Bruno St-Jacques, Anna Kramer and Jes Weigelt
