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FAO report: Heatwaves and floods affect rural women and men differently, widen income gap
05/03/2024

Climate change is disproportionately affecting the incomes of rural women, people living in poverty, and older populations, as their capacity to react...

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FAO launches the Global Bioeconomy Dashboard
05/03/2024

FAO has unveiled the world's first Global Bioeconomy Dashboard, a comprehensive platform that supports the framing of bioeconomy strategies. The...

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FAO and Quebec strengthen commitment to climate adaptation in Côte d’Ivoire, Haiti and Senegal
29/02/2024

Côte d’Ivoire, Haiti and Senegal are particularly vulnerable given their coastal exposure and reliance on natural resources. Recurring drought, irregular...

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Cultivating inclusive change for women in agriculture
20/02/2024

Agrifood systems are a major employer of women globally and constitute a more important source of livelihood for women than for men in many countries,...

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Sacred plant helps forge a climate-friendly future in Paraguay
15/02/2024

For generations, Ariel Benitez's ancestors, the Ava Guaraní people, one of the Indigenous Peoples living in eastern Paraguay, have been harvesting the...

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FAO proposes five key actions to address climate-conflict nexus at the United Nations Security Council
14/02/2024

Climate crisis and conflicts are becoming increasingly intertwined, feeding into one another to perpetuate hunger and poverty. Urgent action and innovative...

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Global Environment Facility approves new FAO-led projects and programs benefiting 46 countries
12/02/2024

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has greenlighted 48 FAO-led projects worth about $2.9 billion –$294 million in project financing and $2.6 billion...

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Pulses and soils: a dynamic duo
05/02/2024

They are the dried edible seeds of legumes both cultivated for food and feed. They are pulses, and if you didn’t know already, they have the potential...

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The climate crisis and accessing finance top agenda at high-level gathering of SIDs, LDCs and Landlocked Developing Countries
02/02/2024

The challenges of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the perils of the climate crisis and the complexities of leveraging finance were...

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Moving from declarations to action - COP28 Outcomes: Addressing climate change through agrifood systems solutions
30/01/2024

In a bid to emphasize the transformative potential of agrifood systems in responding to climate change and ensuring good food for today and for tomorrow,...

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FAST: An innovative Partnership to unlock climate investments in agrifood systems for the most vulnerable
22/01/2024

A FAO Expert Panel at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture explored tailored solutions offered by the Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation...

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Climate change accelerated during 2011-2020, fueling a need for urgent, coordinated action – report
22/01/2024

The rate of climate change surged during 2011-2020, undermining food security, national development and progress towards the Sustainable...

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FAO launches “ABC-Map” geospatial app to boost country capacity to confront climate change
19/01/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has...

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COP28: FAO spotlights agrifood systems’ potential to address climate impacts and achieve 1.5°C goal
13/12/2023

Agrifood systems solutions are climate solutions and increased collaboration and finance are needed if the world is to achieve the 

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Proof that restoring mountain ecosystems works. Returning wildlife and flourishing forests in mountains guard against climate change and create jobs
11/12/2023

In the snowy peaks of Kyrgyzstan’s Tien-Shan mountains, a group of people hike to a remote area, checking and relocating camera traps that monitor wildlife,...

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COP28: FAO marks International Mountain Day 2023 with focus on restoring ecosystems
11/12/2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today marked International Mountain Day 2023 with a high-level meeting at...

Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, FAO at COP28 side event From Planning to implementation , 10 Dec 2023
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Moving from Planning to Implementation: Solutions on how to Accelerate Transformative Adaptation Action in the Agriculture and Land-use Sectors
10/12/2023

FAO launches new collection of success stories from around the world, 

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Climate finance for agrifood systems in sharp downward trend despite their critical role in reaching climate goals
10/12/2023

The amount of climate finance flowing to agrifood systems is strikingly low and continues to diminish compared to global climate finance flows, a new...

High-Level Event Inception Meeting of the Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership
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High-Level Event Inception Meeting of the Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership
10/12/2023

First launched as an initiative by the COP 27 Presidency, FAST seeks to serve as a connecting bridge between climate-related finance for agriculture...

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COP28: FAO launches global roadmap process to eradicate hunger within 1.5°C limits
10/12/2023

The roadmap envisions transforming agrifood systems from a net emitter to a carbon sink based on the principle of a just transition.