Access to climate finance
At a time where climate finance in the agriculture and land use sector is urgently needed, FAO is committed to supporting countries to unlock their growth potential and promote climate action for more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems.
FAO supports countries with access to finance through several funding channels including the Green Climate Fund, Global Environment Facility and Adaptation Fund, and through bilateral funding and support setting up carbon projects.
FAO draws on its strong field presence and in-depth understanding of policies and procedures to assist countries with the development and implementation of hundreds of country-led projects on adaptation, climate-smart agriculture, combatting land and forest degradation, sustainable forest management and disaster risk reduction helping them turn their climate ambitions into actions.
How FAO supports
Latest publications
Agrifood systems in the voluntary carbon market: Status and prospects
28/05/2025
This report constitutes the first global assessment of the agrifood sector in the voluntary carbon market (VCM), which is where carbon credits are issued, bought and sold in the private sector.
The Triple Gap in Finance for Agrifood Systems
19/11/2024
Agrifood systems form the cornerstones of economies, societies, and ecosystems across the world, but also generate significant environmental costs. Agrifood systems are currently responsible for a third of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—second only to energy systems.
Climate-related development finance to agrifood systems, 2024 update
19/11/2024
This technical brief is a special update of the recent Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) analysis “Climate-related development finance to agrifood systems – global and regional trends” and includes newly released data for 2022. Climate finance is a fundamental element of the global development agenda and has been increasingly considered in international fora such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the G20 Agenda.
Highlights
News
From vision to action: FAST Partnership sets out concrete steps in 2026 workplan
18/09/2025
New FAO analysis shows that, despite agrifood systems having the potential to reduce global emissions by a third, climate-related development finance...
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Climate finance week at FAO aims to deliver climate solutions through agrifood systems
08/09/2025
The 2025 Standing Committee on Finance Forum of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) kicked off at the headquarters of...
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Green Climate Fund approves a record $300 million for FAO-designed projects in Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia and the Sahel
01/07/2025
Port Moresby/Rome - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved projects worth more than $300 million that will protect forests in Papua...