CSIS Food & Water Security Program
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Proposing nonpartisan policy solutions to food and water insecurity in the U.S. and around the world.
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Honored to publish a blog article on the intersection of Earth system stress and security, my first for The World Economic Forum World Economic Forum weforum.org/agenda/2024/05…
Policymakers claim Ukraine's grain exports equal pre-war levels, but data disagrees. Overstating the recovery ignores ongoing challenges and delays the urgent investments needed to revive Ukraine's economy.
Read more analysis by CSIS Food & Water Security Program: csis.org/analysis/setti…
V excited to be giving another The Leverhulme Trust Lecture at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine May 15, 1:15 UK; I'll be focusing on the relationships b/w #waterinsecurity & #climateevents , drawing on excellent #geospatial analyses of Gallup data, by Indira Bose & Claire Dooley. Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy #WISE_scales
NEW: Ukraine’s food exports are reaching wartime record levels—but whether these meets “pre-war levels,” as many claim, and whether levels can be sustained, are unpacked by CSIS experts Emma Dodd, Caitlin Welsh, & IFPRI's JoeGlauber--IFPRI | @jwglauber.bsky.social.
Read now: cs.is/3xTJGKL
China has long identified food security as a national priority.
In an event with @CSIS_Freeman’s Interpret: China, Director Caitlin Welsh (@welshce) discussed how global trade tensions & Russia's war in Ukraine have challenged China’s food security goals.
csis.org/events/chinas-…
The siege on Gaza is crippling the territory’s water systems.
Anita Kirschenbaum, David Michel & Natasha Hall discuss Gaza’s humanitarian needs & the role of aid in restoring critical water infrastructure.
Read now: cs.is/3Hj8UUg
Data analysis from CSIS's Caitlin Welsh & IFPRI's JoeGlauber--IFPRI | @jwglauber.bsky.social shows how Russia has wielded food as a 'silent weapon' in global agricultural markets—while forcefully diminishing Ukraine's role as a major global food supplier.
Read more: cs.is/3IeRyZr
TODAY: Director Caitlin Welsh (Caitlin Welsh) joins UNRWA’s Scott Anderson and CSIS’s Steve Morrison, Jon Alterman, and Michelle Strucke to discuss the ongoing health & humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Tune into the conversation live at 12:30pm ET: cs.is/3JnU8wI
'Humanitarian catastrophes that manifest in acute food insecurity require not only food assistance, but also support for water and energy systems across food systems in their entirety.'
Read more from CSIS Food & Water Security Program on famine in Gaza: csis.org/analysis/famin…
NEW: The The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification assesses famine in Gaza but no world leaders have issued a formal declaration of famine.
What is at stake by delaying a famine declaration? Can famine be halted?
CSIS experts Caitlin Welsh, Anita Kirschenbaum & Zane Swanson discuss: cs.is/4aNKxee
Trade through the Black Sea, Red Sea & Panama Canal is disrupted by a confluence of geopolitical and environmental shocks. What are the implications for global ag trade and food security?
Caitlin Welsh weighs in to Jason Steinhauer's recent article for Devex: devex.com/news/how-marit…
As populations around the world grapple with water insecurity, efforts to avert crises require high-quality data that inform strategies to provide adequate quantities of stable and safe water.
See the CSIS collaboration with Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern, Gallup, & University of South Carolina: csis.org/analysis/livin…
Holidays are a time for people to come together, enjoy community, &, most frequently, share food.
Read about the evolutionary and physiological history of humans that shapes our unique food sharing patterns in a commentary from Zane Swanson: cs.is/485RFBQ
Continued hostilities in the #Gaza Strip is driving high levels of acute food insecurity with a risk of famine.
Check out Food and Agriculture Organization's newly launched portal for latest information and analysis of the #FoodSecurity situation in the region.
👉bit.ly/3TfLnu
Tomorrow's the #WISE_scale Report Launch day! We've got 100's of RSVPs for the livestream, the beautiful reports are printed, & my slides are (almost) done. Be sure you've RSVP'd! bit.ly/48VEdjk
Now is a good time to appreciate the many contributors & supporters...