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FAO Analysis shows how Nationally Determined Contributions are lighting the way for climate action in the Near East and North Africa region
29/03/2022
Agriculture is one of the sectors most affected by climate change, but as a recent FAO report ‘Regional...
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‘Let us rebuild the table’: the call for more equitable and gender inclusive climate talks
25/03/2022
Panelists spoke openly against systemic practices that perpetuate gender inequalities and youth exclusion in climate dialogue
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Sustainable forest use helps tackle the climate crisis and achieve the SDGs
21/03/2022
International Day of Forests: New FAO report focuses on forest products’ contribution to the global bio-economy
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Three women reveal how access to productive resources equals adaptation to climate change
08/03/2022
The United Nation's theme for this year's observance of International Women’s Day is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow” in recognition...
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Mutual benefit, mutual respect: FAO teams up with young scholars from the Regional Academy on the United Nations
04/03/2022
Within the next 50 years, some of today’s youth will become the community leaders, policy makers and decision makers that will determine our planet’s...
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Climate finance flows to Small Island Developing States for food security
03/03/2022
FAO accelerates climate action in Small Island Developing States with Green Climate Fund Readiness grants
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The stakes have never been higher: IPCC releases latest report
28/02/2022
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability was approved today...
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25/02/2022
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Broadening forestry education to tackle the climate crisis
20/02/2022
New generations of students help adapt local knowledge and practices to a changing world
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Beekeepers working together for improved livelihoods, resilience and gender equality in Senegal
07/02/2022
Honey from Casamance, an area in the south of Senegal, represents 70 percent of national production
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Healthy soils for a healthy people and planet: FAO calls for reversal of soil degradation
28/01/2022
FAO’s Director-General addresses the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin
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Youth for Climate-Resilient Agriculture Competition : Apply before 5th February
25/01/2022
Are you involved in a youth-led project working on green and climate-resilient agriculture? Are you interested in receiving mentoring...
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Bringing degraded African land back to life
21/01/2022
How combining new technology and traditional knowledge harvests rain and restores land
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The climate crisis in focus as Giorgio Parisi joins FAO’s Nobel Laureates Alliance
21/01/2022
The 2021 physics prize winner delivers a lecture on “Science: the headlight on our future”
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Sustainable energy is vital to lifting people out of poverty and hunger, FAO Director-General tells UN-Energy meeting
11/01/2022
Rome – United Nations agencies and their partners should work closer together to make agrifood production more sustainable...
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Agreed conclusions on the six topics of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture roadmap
29/12/2021
At COP26, governments found significant agreement on the last three topics of the initial Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) roadmap,...
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Four actions to improve the state of our land, soil and water
09/12/2021
Protecting our land, soil and water resources for the future of our food
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Plastics in agrifood systems: The good, the bad and the ugly
07/12/2021
Ocean litter has been making the headlines, but a new report by FAO suggests that plastic pollution is also pervasive in our agricultural soils
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What went on a COP26? Check out our latest newsletter to find out more
02/12/2021
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26 was held in Glasgow, Scotland between 31 October and 12 November. COP...
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Agri-food systems as part of the solution to the climate crisis
02/12/2021
With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) behind us, we spoke to Eduardo Mansur, Director of the FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and...