Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security, and Agriculture

Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security, and Agriculture

Promoting innovation development and scaling at the intersection of climate change, food security, and agriculture

Investing in innovation for climate change, food security and agriculture

The Innovation Commission advances climate-smart agricultural innovation, identifying mitigation and adaptation investments, market failures, and promoting scalable mechanisms, including meta-innovations, to accelerate food security solutions.

Team

The Commission Secretariat draws on published knowledge as well as consultations with experts from academia, government, the private sector, international organizations, and civil society to generate actionable proposals to transition innovations to scale.

Commissioners

Michael Kremer

Professor, University of Chicago

Vera Songwe

Chair and Founder, Liquidity and Sustainability Facility

Shameran Abed

Executive Director, BRAC International

Mauricio Cárdenas

Professor, Columbia University

Makhtar Diop

Managing Director, International Finance Corporation

Andrew Youn

Co-founder, One Acre Fund

Naoko Ishii

Professor and Executive Vice President, University of Tokyo

Ernesto Zedillo

Professor , Yale University

The Commission Secretariat

Paul Winters

Executive Director, Innovation Commission

Joshua Deutschmann

Evidence Synthesis and Research Lead

Emily Cupito

Executive Director, Development Innovation Lab

Giulio Schinaia

Postdoctoral Scholar, Innovation Commission

Grant Castle

Policy Associate, Office of the Faculty Director (Washington DC)

Event Recaps

See the Commission in action at previous events.

Innovation Commission with British International Investment (BII) in London

Video The Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security, and Agriculture joined the event “The Business of Technology Adoption: Evidence from Research and Reality” on December 17, 2025 in London. The event, organized by British International Investment (BII) and and...

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Innovation Commission with the World Bank’s Development Impact Department during the World Bank Group Annual Meetings

The Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security, and Agriculture joined an event “Unlocking the Power of Science and AI for Development Impact” organized by the World Bank’s Development Impact Department on October 17, 2025 during the World Bank Group...

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Innovation Commission with the Center for Global Development during the World Bank Group Annual Meetings

Scaling Evidence-Based Policy Innovation

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Research Briefs

Research brief on AI and Weather Forecasts for Farmers

Artificial intelligence (AI) is enabling a revolution in weather forecasting, creating the potential to empower farmers with information for agricultural decisions. Multiple technology firms and research institutions have developed global AI weather models and made them open access. It is...

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Innovation Areas identified by the Innovation Commission Secretariat

Innovation has the potential to boost agricultural production, improve food security, and help farmers build resilience against climate change. It also has the potential to help mitigate the estimated quarter to a third of global emissions (IPCC, 2019) due to...

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Priority innovations and investment recommendations for COP28

The Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security and Agriculture has prepared notes on innovations that mitigate the climate impact of agriculture and promote climate adaptation in low- and middle-income countries. The seven innovation notes linked below were produced at...

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Media

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News

See the latest news about the commission and its members

Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth: University of Chicago and Ethiopia Collaborate to Scale AI-based Weather Forecasts for Farmers

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Hindustan Times: From agri to road safety to public health, AI-driven governance can make lives easier: Michael Kremer

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The Tribune: India on track to use AI for public good: Kremer

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Artificial intelligence is helping Indian farmers adapt to climate change—forecast accurately predicting an unusual monsoon season reached 38 million

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