BRAC and Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet project begin partnership
The Jameel Observatory Climate Resilience Early Warning System Network (CREWSnet), supported by Community Jameel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), launch a partnership with BRAC to pilot innovative climate-adaptive technologies using climate forecasting and predictive analytics in southwest Bangladesh.
George Richards, director of Community Jameel, said, “Community Jameel is proud to be collaborating with MIT, BRAC, and the Agricultural Research Corporation - Sudan to empower agricultural communities to adapt to the ever-growing challenges arising from climate change – challenges which, as we are seeing acutely in Sudan, are compounded by other crises. We welcome the support of the US and UAE governments in selecting the Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet as an AIM4C innovation sprint.”
The Jameel Observatory Climate Resilience Early Warning System Network (CREWSnet), a new project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Community Jameel, a global organisation to advance science and learning for communities to thrive, will partner with BRAC to pilot innovative climate-adaptive technologies in the southwest region of Bangladesh.
The Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet project was selected in an innovation sprint at the 2023 summit of the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM4C), a joint initiatives of the United States and the United Arab Emirates.
The Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet will initially pilot in Bangladesh and Sudan, working with local partners BRAC and the Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC) - Sudan, main agricultural research arm of the Sudanese government, and with MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), the global research centre working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence.