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Mainstreaming fisheries and aquaculture in climate change adaptation - New guidelines for adaptation
21 December 2020
21 December 2020
The fisheries and aquaculture sector has one of the lowest carbon footprints among all food production systems, while supporting livelihoods of millions of people.
However, climate change has a profound impact on the wellbeing of aquatic ecosystems, with implications for food...
The way forward for agriculture sector development and adaptation in Viet Nam in light of COVID-19 impacts
17 December 2020
17 December 2020
Ha Noi, 11 December 2020 – Although Viet Nam has been very successful in both agriculture sector adaptation planning and stopping the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the economic impacts of the pandemic are negatively affecting farmers and, thus, decrease their...
Africa: Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans: What have we achieved and learned during program implementation?
02 December 2020
02 December 2020
November 2020 - With the FAO-UNDP joint programme on Integrating Agriculture into National Adaptation Plans (NAP-Ag) phasing out in 2020, the momentum and work achieved under the 5-year programme have not. NAP-Ag supported 11 partner countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The...
Forests and agroforestry taking its place for climate adaptation - New FAO-FTA supplementary guidelines on NAPs
26 November 2020
26 November 2020
26 November 2020 - The potential of forests and trees to mitigate global warming has long been the main focus of climate change discussions. But forests – and the livelihoods of the 1.6 billion people who depend on them – are...
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Guatemala, 18 June 2020 - While Guatemala is currently revising its climate commitments through a more enhanced NDC submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by November 2020, the country is giving...