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World Soil Day 2023 highlights link between soil and water, increasingly crucial in face of climate crisis
05/12/2023
At global celebrations marking World Soil Day 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) underlined the vital...
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FAO Director-General champions agrifood systems as the climate solution at COP28
04/12/2023
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu led a delegation during the first high-level segment of the UN Climate Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,...
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FAO empowers Philippines' fishers and communities in resilient climate change adaptation
04/12/2023
Climate change is not something that might hit the Philippines one day: it is already happening. Rising sea levels, ocean acidification, and more intense...
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COP28: At climate summit’s first-ever Health Day, FAO highlights interconnected challenges of malnutrition and climate change
03/12/2023
Malnutrition and climate change are two of the greatest challenges currently facing humanity, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization...
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COP28: New AIIB-FAO partnership to boost rural infrastructure development to transform agrifood systems
03/12/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
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COP28: Fighting AMR requires action on the ground, Qu says
02/12/2023
It is time for concrete action in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization...
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COP28: Resilient and healthy mountain systems are key to climate change adaptation and mitigation
02/12/2023
A wide range of stakeholders need to make a concerted effort to address the root causes of the degradation of mountain areas, a situation which is also...
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COP28: FAO Director-General highlights the role of finance and science in agrifood systems for transformation and prosperity in Africa
02/12/2023
To help Africa cope with the impacts of the climate crisis, it is crucial to put agriculture and food centre-stage in climate action and channel more...
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COP28 must be a ‘game changer’ for agrifood systems, FAO Director-General urges
02/12/2023
Agrifood systems solutions deliver triple wins for climate, people and nature, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
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Agrifood Systems Transformation to Achieve Triple Wins: For People, for Climate and for Nature
02/12/2023
This side event, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), put a spotlight on the role of agrifood systems in mitigating climate...
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COP28: FAO underlines importance of working together with partners in Pakistan’s Living Indus Initiative
02/12/2023
“Learning together, thinking together, designing together and contributing together, with the various partners taking ownership” - these are keys to...
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Loss and Damage in Agrifood Systems: Addressing Gaps and Challenges
01/12/2023
At this Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) event, scientists, representatives of Indigenous Peoples, and FAO officials highlighted agriculture...
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Agrifood solutions to climate change
01/12/2023
FAO is working with countries and partners from government to community level to simultaneously address the challenges of food security, climate change...
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FAO report: Agrifood sector faces growing threat from climate change-induced loss and damage
01/12/2023
Agrifood systems are facing an escalating threat from climate change-induced loss and damage, and actions – including increasing financing— must...
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COP28: FAO-WTO reinforce collaboration on agrifood trade and food safety
01/12/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
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COP28: Roundtable highlights FAO-IAEA Joint Centre’s work on nuclear techniques in food and agriculture amid climate crisis
01/12/2023
Using nuclear techniques and biotechnologies, a partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International...
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COP28: Director-General QU Dongyu launches new FAO report on loss and damage highlighting need for innovative solutions
01/12/2023
On the sidelines of the UN Climate Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu unveiled
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COP28: Global agrifood systems are the climate solution, FAO Director-General tells world leaders
01/12/2023
Food security and climate change are interlinked and global agrifood systems are the climate solution, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture...
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Solar powered water pumps support pastoralists’ livelihoods in times of climate crisis
29/11/2023
It is early morning, and Michael Lokuru Kuri is taking his cattle out to graze as he does every day when the sun rises, to beat the heat. It’s a peaceful...
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FAO at COP28: Agrifood systems solutions to shape climate agenda
27/11/2023
As the world grapples with the urgency of climate action, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will highlight at the upcoming