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“2050 Weather Forecast (Ver. 2)” Video Released

As record-breaking heat continues across Japan and around the world, the free online video “2050 Weather Forecast (Ver. 2),” was released at 1:00 p.m. on August 3. The video was produced by the 2050 Weather Forecast Production Committee, in which NHK Enterprises serves as one of the lead organizations. Dr. HASEGAWA Toshihiro, President of the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), contributed to the project as an expert on food security issues.

Green Asia Achievements Showcased at an ASEAN Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Workshop

From April 9 to 10, 2026, the “First ASEAN Consultation Workshop and Capacity Building: Development of Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Systems Implementation Plan and Biochar Guidelines,” an event co-hosted by the ASEAN Secretariat and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), was held in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) participated in the workshop at the invitation of the ASEAN Secretariat.

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JIRCAS International Symposium 2025
"Accelerating Application of Agricultural Technologies in the Asia-Monsoon Region: Taking Stock and the Way Forward for Enhancing Production Potentials and Sustainable Food Systems"
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"Hitotsubashi Hall" and On-line
(National Center of Sciences Building 2F, 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8439)
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Special Seminar with Ms Alice Ruhweza, AGRA President: Building Climate Resilient Agrifood Systems in Africa – the Role of Science and Public-Private Partnership
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Hall D. TKP Garden City PREMIUM Minatomirai
(3-6-3 Minatomirai , Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-0012)
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    1556. July 2026 Sets a New July Record for Global Ocean Surface Temperatures as Heat and Drought Drive Wildfires in Western Europe

    The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported that July 2026 was the joint-second warmest July globally, with an average surface air temperature of 16.90°C, 0.67°C above the 1991–2020 average and 1.47°C above the estimated pre-industrial baseline. The month also set a new July record for sea surface temperatures across the extra-polar oceans.
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    1555. Global Food Price Trends in July 2026 (FAO Food Price Index)

    According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the FAO Food Price Index averaged 131.1 points in July 2026, up 0.7 points, or 0.6 percent, from the previous month. Increases in the price indices for cereals, sugar and vegetable oils more than offset declines in those for meat and dairy products. The index stood 1.3 points, or 1.0 percent, above its level a year earlier, but remained 29.1 points, or 18.2 percent, below the peak recorded in March 2022.
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    1554. Impacts of biodiversity loss on livelihoods and food systems in Africa

    UN News reports that biodiversity loss in Africa and other developing regions is already having serious impacts on people’s lives and livelihoods, including through declining agricultural productivity and shrinking coastal fishery resources. Meanwhile, the official website of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) introduces the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) as an international framework for addressing these challenges, explaining that it sets out four goals for achieving a “world living in harmony with nature” by 2050 and 23 targets to be achieved by 2030.
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    1553. Food System Transformation and Climate Action Could Reduce Future Planetary Boundary Transgressions

    A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health assessed how food systems could contribute to future transgressions of planetary boundaries at both global and local scales. The results suggest that transforming food systems—through dietary change, higher agricultural productivity, and halving food loss and waste—combined with climate change mitigation, could reduce multiple environmental pressures simultaneously.
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    1552. Climate Change Is Rapidly Increasing Wildfire Risk in Southern Europe

    The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has warned that climate-related disasters are reaching “nightmare proportions.” Supporting this concern, a paper published in Scientific Reports finds that the number of days with extreme fire-weather conditions in Southern Europe has more than doubled over recent decades, increasing the risk of large-scale wildfires.
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