Seasonal climate forecasts deliver value when translated into timely, actionable decisions that strengthen preparedness and resilience. This session showcases the IWMI/CGIAR ENSO Tool, translating El Niño and La Niña signals into practical climate-risk intelligence, agricultural advisories and opportunities for anticipatory action. Through a live demonstration and insights from climate science, government, policy, resilience and adaptation finance partners, the session will explore the institutional partnerships, investments and financing mechanisms needed to bridge the gap between forecasts and early action at scale.

 
EVENT OBJECTIVES 
- Demonstrate how the CGIAR ENSO Public Tool translates seasonal climate signals into practical agricultural recommendations on planting windows, crop and variety selection, and climate-risk management. 
- Examine what it takes to move from forecast to action, including the role of AI and digital technologies, national meteorological and agricultural institutions, and the extension systems and partnerships needed to reach farmers. 
- Identify practical priorities for strengthening forecast-to-advisory systems, including country partnerships and institutional collaboration. 
- Explore the adaptation finance needed to scale climate-informed agricultural advice across climate-vulnerable regions. 

KEY OUTCOMES 
- Practical understanding: participants can explain how seasonal climate information is translated into agricultural recommendations. 
- Implementation priorities: a documented set of priorities for connecting forecasts, agricultural advice, extension and farmer decision-making. 
- Partnership opportunities: potential country, research, public-sector and development-finance partnerships identified for follow-up. 
- Policy and investment recommendations: a concise set of recommendations for strengthening climate-informed agricultural adaptation and financing forecast-to-action systems, shared with participating delegations and partners as a short post-event brief. 
- Over the longer term, the session aims to contribute to stronger integration of climate information into National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and agricultural adaptation investment.