November 18, 2022・2 min read

TomorrowNow Meets U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

The team at TomorrowNow met with the U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at COP27 and shared opportunities to leverage weather intelligence for climate adaptation.

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt – The team at TomorrowNow was honored to meet the U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at COP27 during the global UN Climate Change event that was focused on food systems and climate adaptation solutions.

We took the opportunity to share our experiences with the Honorable Agriculture Secretary, highlighting some of our learnings working to develop sustainable weather and climate solutions to benefit smallholder farmers and crop scientists.

Secretary Vilsack affirmed his support for innovative solutions for climate adaptation and food systems, including those most impacted by climate change but least equipped to adapt and act.

Notably, the U.S. government support for climate adaptation solutions is part of The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), of which TomorrowNow is leading an innovation sprint, that’s looking at accelerating investment in and support for climate-smart-agriculture and food systems innovation over five years (2021-2025) to address global hunger, food security, and climate change.

“AIM for Climate is a unique and inclusive platform convening 42 government and over 235 non-government partners to advance innovation in climate-smart agriculture and food systems globally, and this will empower us to learn, adapt, and support best practices to empower smallholder farmers around the world, especially from marginalized communities.” – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

At COP27, TomorrowNow’s ‘Climate Resilience For African Farmers Through Next Generation Weather Intelligence’ was announced as one of the AIM for Climate “Innovation Sprints”, with high-level dignitaries learning and celebrating the effort that TomorrowNow and partners are investing to empower 20 million smallholder farmers in 5 years with next-generation location-based timely agri-weather services.

Georgina Campbell Flatter

Georgina is the co-founder and Executive Director of TomorrowNow.org - a global non profit leveraging transformative philanthropy to connect next generation weather and climate technologies with communities in need. Prior to TomorrowNow.org, Georgina spent a decade at MIT where she was a senior lecturer and led global initiatives designed to bridge technology and social impact. Georgina has worked on many innovation initiatives for organisations including: the MIT Legatum Center, MIT REAP, the XPRIZE Foundation, the World Bank, USA Dept of Energy, MIT, Harvard and Oxford University. Georgina is mother of two, passionate about empowering the next generation of STEM leaders, with a focus on women and youth, and is an active member of her local community. She acts as trustee and advisory board member for several charities (The Darwin Centre, Mama Foundation, FOSPs) and is a local Parish Councillor. She read Material Science at Trinity College Oxford and Technology and Policy at MIT.