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FAO’s environment and climate monitoring portal Earth Map receives Google impact award
06/05/2024
Earth Map, a pioneering initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that leverages freely available archives of...
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Collective challenges require collective solutions FAST
30/04/2024
At a critical time when climate-related development contributions to agrifood systems continue to spiral on a downward trajectory, the Food...
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Hands that heal our soils
29/04/2024
Soils are where our food begins. Without healthy soils, growing nutritious food would be next to impossible. Problems like soil erosion can cause up...
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Urgent global action is essential to stop wave of plastic pollution
22/04/2024
Studies have shown we are breathing microplastics, eating microplastics, drinking microplastics, and picking them up through skin contact. Evidence...
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FAO guide to new International Day of Potato sets scene for first-ever observance on May 30
15/04/2024
As the world prepares to celebrate the first-ever International Day of Potato next month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
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FAO and the Forestry Service of Kyrgyzstan planted trees in honor of International Day of Forests
20/03/2024
In honor of International Day of Forests, celebrated annually on March 21, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together...
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UN global climate report: a stark reminder of the urgent need to leverage agrifood solutions
19/03/2024
There is an urgent need to transform agrifood systems and leverage their climate solutions, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
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Can climate finance move the needle on gender equality?
08/03/2024
The transition to a just, low-carbon future is possible, but not without women. Today, 1 in every 10 women lives in poverty, without equal access to...
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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...