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Transparent data, stronger agrifood action: Colombo workshop sets direction for COP31
16/03/2026
Countries across Asia-Pacific and Central Asia are stepping up efforts to meet their climate commitments. A regional workshop held in Colombo delivered...
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Why women farmers are an overlooked force in climate action
05/03/2026
Women are a powerful accelerator of change, from farms and cooperatives to national policy and global climate action, yet too often they are sidelined...
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From prediction to protection: How FAO strengthens climate risk management for farmers and investors
10/02/2026
Agricultural losses are accelerating as weather extremes intensify. According to a quantitative assessment using data from FAOSTAT and FAO's Emergency...
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Translating climate policies into real-world solutions
05/02/2026
Climate change is having a profound impact on farmers in Cambodia. Rising temperatures—which have increased at a rate of +0.23 °C per decade since 1950—combined...
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OCB in 2025: putting agrifood systems in the centre of global climate, biodiversity and environment action
22/12/2025
From Biodiversity and Climate communities convening in Rome to COP30 in Belém, and from Sahelian rangelands to Cambodian rice fields, OCB worked across...
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Quebec marks FAO’s 80th Anniversary with a symbolic gift of blue flag irises
15/12/2025
As part of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Government of Quebec...
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Food and Agriculture Day Celebrated at COP 30
10/12/2025
Food and Agriculture Day at the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30) took place on 19 November, with multiple events addressing related...
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In Senegal, farmer-led advisory clubs show how restoring soils strengthens adaptation to climate change
05/12/2025
As climate change increasingly threatens agricultural lands, the 2025 World Soil Day serves as a reminder of the crucial role of soils, particularly...
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Plastic pollution in Agrifood Systems: A One Health Lens on Emerging Risks
25/11/2025
FAO convened a two-day workshop on Plastics and One Health in Agrifood Systems, bringing together global experts to discuss the...
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COP30: FAO brings agrifood systems to the forefront of climate action
21/11/2025
Sustainable and resilient agrifood systems are essential for achieving the Paris Agreement targets on climate change while ensuring food security and...
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COP30: Forests drive agricultural success, not conflict, report shows
20/11/2025
Forests are at the heart of COP30 discussions in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belém. But less is said about how forests provide a vital support system...
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Ministerial FAST+CCAC – Scaling up practical solutions for resilient agrifood systems
19/11/2025
On Food and Agriculture Day, key stakeholders in action to transform agrifood systems and mitigate super-pollutants combined forces to discuss ways...
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A sacred duty
19/11/2025
As dawn breaks over the Ororubá Mountains in Pernambuco, Brazil, a group of Indigenous youth of the Xukuru do Ororubá people gather at the edge of a...
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New FAO analysis highlights growing gap in climate finance for agrifood systems
19/11/2025
New analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reveals that agrifood systems, critical to addressing climate change,...
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COP30: Ten countries back Brazil-led finance accelerator to scale farmland restoration worldwide
19/11/2025
Ten countries have announced their support for an innovative new Brazil-led accelerator that will unite governments and investors behind a shared goal:...
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Ministers Launch Global South–South Effort to Cut Methane and Nitrous Oxide from Agriculture
19/11/2025
Ministers unite at COP30 to launch FIRST (the Farmers’ Initiative for Resilient and Sustainable Transformations), a major South–South effort to reduce...
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Ministerial FAST+CCAC - Scaling Up Practical Solutions for Resilient Agri-Food Systems
19/11/2025
On the front lines of climate change impacts, farmers, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities also are crucial actors in the fight to reduce emissions...
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High-Level Ministerial Event: Resilient Agriculture Investment For Net-Zero Land Degradation (RAIZ)
19/11/2025
Land degradation stands as one of the most pressing challenges of our time, undermining food security, accelerating biodiversity loss, and exacerbating...
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Launch the Bioeconomy Challenge Metrics Working Group, Defining Key Objectives, Anticipated Outcomes, and Milestones through 2028
18/11/2025
Bioeconomy holds great promise for transforming how we live, produce, and share resources, with people and the planet at the heart of development; but...
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COP30: Landmark report finds countries’ climate agrifood ambitions undermined by funding gaps
18/11/2025
Developing countries recognize the urgent need to adapt agrifood systems to climate change, but most National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) are struggling...