News·Jun 3, 2024

Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) partners with the University of Chicago and the Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security, and Agriculture to address desertification and transition food systems innovations to scale.

RIYADH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA (KSA), June 3, 2024 – His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Aziz bin Talal bin Al Saud, President of the Arab Gulf Programme for Development and Professor Michael Kremer, 2019 Economics Nobel laureate and Chair of...
Topics: Development Economics
News·May 31, 2024

Innovation Commission partners with UAE and Gates Foundation to design a new mechanism to transition food systems innovations to scale

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), May 31, 2024 – Her Excellency Mariam Almheiri, Head of the International Affairs Office at the Presidential Court of the UAE, and Michael Kremer, 2019 Economics Nobel laureate and Chair of the Innovation Commission,...
Topics: Development Economics
News·Dec 2, 2023

Innovation Commission Recommends Scaling Innovations in Agriculture to Improve Food Security and Fight Climate Change

Dubai, December 2, 2023 – Michael Kremer, 2019 economics Nobel laureate, joined Her Excellency Mariam Almheiri, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment and COP28 Food Systems Lead, and Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, during...
Topics: Development Economics
News·Oct 17, 2023

Innovation Commission promotes improved weather forecasts for farmers during COP28 Reception on World Food Day

ROME, October 17, 2023 – On World Food Day, the Innovation Commission called for investments to procure and deliver improved weather forecasts to farmers during a COP28 reception hosted by the UAE Embassy in Rome. As the climate changes, farmers’...
Topics: Development Economics
News·May 24, 2023

Day 3 – Opening High-Level Plenary

News·May 10, 2023

Development Innovation Lab at UChicago Launches Innovation Commission for Climate Chang​​e, Food Security and Agriculture

CHICAGO & WASHINGTON, DC, May 10, 2023 – The Development Innovation Lab at University of Chicago is pleased to announce the launch of a new Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security and Agriculture. Michael Kremer, University Professor in Economics...
News·Mar 14, 2023

Development Innovation Lab Spotlight