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More shade for more cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire

06/07/2026

How women farmers are shifting to agroforestry to beat the heat and boost production

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El Niño and forest fires

06/07/2026

Global warming, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, is already making wildfires worse. Fire seasons are lasting longer, and wildfires are becoming...

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El Niño is coming. At the FAO we know where drought will hit hardest

01/07/2026

A powerful El Niño is building at a dangerous moment for global food security. It is arriving as the world is already facing record heat, driven by...

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Green Climate Fund approves $52.5 million for restoring Fiji’s forest landscape to support food security and livelihoods

01/07/2026

Fiji secures a historic USD 52.5 million from GCF for a major climate project supported by FAO. The Fiji FLR initiative will use a ridge-to-reef approach...

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FAO at London Climate Action Week 2026: Driving action for climate-resilient agrifood systems

29/06/2026

Agrifood systems are on the frontline of climate risks, from prolonged droughts and extreme heat to unpredictable rainfalls. Yet farms, soils, pasture,...

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Meet the Turquoise Nexus Initiative: advancing food security, water management and climate resilience

25/06/2026

The COP31 Turquoise Nexus Initiative (TNI) was presented on 16 June 2026 to governments, international organizations, development partners and technical...

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FAO, Türkiye Propose Initiative for Action at Food-Water-Climate Nexus

17/06/2026

At a side event held during the 2026 Bonn Climate Change Conference, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and Türkiye’s Presidency...

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Capturing fog to make water

16/06/2026

There are days when the sky does not bring rain. Instead, a thick fog, called camanchaca, advances silently from the ocean and covers hills and ravines....

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Turquoise Nexus Initiative

16/06/2026

While the food, water, and climate crises are deeply interconnected, national climate commitments rarely reflect coordination across water, agriculture,...

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FAO showcases new technical note on agriculture and food security at Bonn climate talks

10/06/2026

As climate negotiators convene in Bonn for the annual June climate meetings, FAO is supporting the talks with a new technical note outlining progress...

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El Niño is coming for agriculture. Here is where the risks are highest

09/06/2026

A new El Niño phase is likely to begin within weeks, putting agriculture on

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FAO-IPCC Expert Meeting on Agriculture and Food

02/06/2026

Agriculture and food systems are highly vulnerable to climate impacts, but they are also major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. With over 8%...

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Adaptation finance tops the bill at NAP Expo 2026

01/06/2026

Countries are moving from formulating climate adaptation plans to implementing concrete actions, but to fully succeed, a massive scaling up of targeted...

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Commission-led workshop advances dialogue on the role of genetic resources in climate change responses

26/05/2026

Participants at the Workshop on Climate Change and Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, convened at FAO headquarters, 25–26 May 2026, underscored...

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No soil, no problem

27/04/2026

Hydroponics offers an innovative and climate-smart solution to family farmers in Grenada

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Extreme heat is pushing agrifood systems to the brink worldwide

22/04/2026

New FAO-WMO report assesses risks and identifies adaptation options as rising temperatures pose hazards to people, crops, livestock and fish.

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The heat is on

21/04/2026

Heat just used to be part of the job for Sary Kea, a rice farmer in Cambodia’s Northern Tonle Sap Basin. Until it started hurting her harvest. In the...

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Green Climate Fund approves $50 million for FAO-supported adaptation project in Jamaica

27/03/2026

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $50 million project, supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), to...

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Why agricultural heritage systems matter for biodiversity and climate resilience

24/03/2026

What if the key to feeding future generations isn't hidden in new technology but preserved in the world's agricultural heritage systems?

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Observing today, protecting tomorrow: How climate services save livelihoods

23/03/2026

Over two billion people depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. The vast majority are smallholder farmers, whose daily decisions on when to...