Funded under the Belmont Forum’s *Climate, Environment and Health 2 (CEH2)* call, SOLVE is an international and interdisciplinary research project conducted under the theme *“Participatory pathways for resilient, healthy, prosperous, and equitable food and land systems under climate change.”* The project addresses the complex interconnections among climate change, the environment, and health within the framework of the *One Health* approach.

SOLVE aims to assess the interconnected impacts of climate change on food production, land use, ecosystems, and human well-being, and to develop participatory adaptation pathways toward resilient, healthy, prosperous, and equitable food and land systems, particularly for regions and communities vulnerable to climate change. The project seeks to co-develop scenarios with local stakeholders, assess the risks posed by future climate extremes, and integrate these findings into long-term food and land-use planning.

Launched in *May 2025* and planned to run for three years, SOLVE brings together an extensive international research network involving researchers and institutions from *France, Norway, Türkiye, Ethiopia, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, India, and Nepal. The project’s scientific partners include organizations such as the **SDSN/FABLE Consortium, CICERO, INRAE, Bahçeşehir University Sustainable Food Systems Application and Research Center (BAU SUGAM), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Fundación Bariloche, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Policy Studies Institute, Universidad Iberoamericana, and the Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies*.

SOLVE’s international structure is supported jointly by several funding organizations associated with the Belmont Forum. Its funding framework includes the *French National Research Agency (ANR), the Research Council of Norway (RCN), and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK). During the initial planning phase of the project, **Future Earth (FE)* and the *Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)* were also part of the funding structure; however, following budgetary changes in 2025, the participation of some partners continued through in-kind contributions.

The Türkiye component of the project is supported by *TÜBİTAK under Project No. 224N531* and is coordinated by *Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tefide Kızıldeniz Gürbüz is expected to contribute to the project as a researcher for a period of **30 months*.

Within the scope of the project, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gürbüz will contribute her expertise in climate change and agricultural production systems, particularly to research addressing the *impacts of climate stresses on agricultural production, climate-resilient agriculture, plant physiology, water management, and sustainable production systems*.

Türkiye constitutes one of the key case-study areas of the SOLVE project. The Türkiye case study aims to assess the impacts of climate change-related rainfall variability, drought, and other climate extremes on agricultural production and to develop pathways for improving the resilience of production systems that are strategically important for the country’s food security. The SOLVE Türkiye brief particularly highlights how changing rainfall patterns can affect agricultural calendars, grain filling, crop yields, and quality, thereby posing potential risks to food security.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tefide Kızıldeniz Gürbüz’s participation in the SOLVE research team is expected to contribute to integrating *Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University’s research activities in climate change, climate-resilient agriculture, and sustainable food systems into a broader international and interdisciplinary research network*. The knowledge and experience generated through the project are expected to contribute to the development of climate-adaptive agricultural production strategies and to the establishment of more resilient and sustainable food and land systems for the future.

SOLVE – Belmont Forum Project Page: https://belmontforum.org/archives/projects/system-adaptation-for-onehealth-under-climate-change-for-vulnerable-groups-and-ecosystems/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

SOLVE Türkiye Case Study:  https://fableconsortium.org/media/images/Docs/2025-solve-case-study-turkiye.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com