Climate Change News
FAO news on climate change
 17 January 2012 FAO and the European Commission announced today a new €5.3 million project aimed at helping Malawi, Vietnam and Zambia transition to a "climate-smart" approach to agriculture. Agriculture — and the communities who depend on it for their livelihoods and food security — are highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. At the same time agriculture, as a significant producer of greenhouse gases, contributes to global warming."Climate-smart agriculture" is an approach that seeks to position the agricultural sector as a solution to these major challenges. [more...] |
 13 December 2011 The integrity and resilience of mountain forests is under threat from increasing temperatures and wildfires, population growth and food and fuel insecurity, warns a new FAO publication released today. Population pressures and the expansion of intensive agriculture have forced smallholder farmers to move higher towards marginal areas and steep slopes, sparking a loss of forests, warns Mountain Forests in a Changing World . [more...] |
 30 November 2011 FAO uses remote sensing survey to track changes A new, satellite-based survey released by FAO provides a more accurate picture of changes in the world’s forests, showing forest land use declined between 1990 and 2005. The survey used high-resolution satellite imagery provided by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the United States Geological Survey. [more...] |
 29 November 2011 The global food system needs to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels to succeed in feeding a growing world population, says a new FAO report presented today at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa. Agriculture both requires energy and can produce it - an "energy-smart" approach to agriculture would involve taking better advantage of this dynamic to improve efficiency, reduce waste and increase the use of alternative energy in food production. [more...] |
 14 November 2011 On 10th anniversary, international plant genetics treaty funds new projects - Traditional food crops and other plant varieties worldwide are in urgent need of protection from climate change and other environmental stresses, FAO said today, as it observed the tenth anniversary of International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. [more...] |
 28 September 2011 The vast potential of grasslands to support sustainable livelihoods while trapping atmospheric carbon and helping slow down global warming is one step closer to being realized thanks to a new methodology developed by FAO in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the World Agroforestry Centre. [more...] |
 14 September 2011 14 September 2011, Johannesburg/Rome - FAO and African leaders are working together to move quickly to adopt a "climate-smart" approach to agriculture to fight the impacts of climate change and increasing scarcity of natural resources. [more...] |
 13 September 2011 An African Ministerial Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture called Africa: A Call to Action in South Africa September is taking place from 13-14, 2011 hosted by South Africa and the Africa Union along with the support of FAO and the World Bank. Alexander Mueller, FAO Assistant Director General was among the key speakers opening the conference and outlined the requirements needed to make the transition towards climate-smart agriculture. Read his statement. [more...] |
 12 September 2011 7 September 2011, Rome - FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf warned today that pressure on the world's soil resources and land degradation are threatening global food security. He called for a renewed international effort to assure sufficient fertile and healthy soils today and for future generations. [more...] |
 25 August 2011 The vulnerability of rain-dependent food production systems and the people who depend on them has been brought into stark relief by the situation in East Africa. While the challenges of finding stable water supplies for growing crops and raising animals are many -- and vary from place to place -- investing in irrigation where it is possible, improving the efficiency of agriculture's use of water, and adopting water-smart farming practices can all help. In this Q&A interview, FAO Assistant Director-General for Natural Resources, Alexander Muller -- in Stockholm this week for World Water Week - talks about these and related issues. [more...] |
last updated: Thursday, November 10, 2011