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COP30: FAO warns climate funding gap threatens agrifood systems transformation
07/11/2025

Transforming global agrifood systems to be more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable is critical to meeting the Paris Agreement targets...

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FAO welcomes COP30 leaders’ call to action on wildfire resilience
07/11/2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the launch of the Call to Action on Integrated Fire Management and Wildfire...

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COP30: Climate extremes are already impacting food yields today
06/11/2025

The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), taking place in Belém, Brazil, brings together world leaders, scientists, non-governmental...

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The women replanting Argentina’s future
05/11/2025

Iracema Da Luz Ferreyra’s community in Colonia Alegría, Argentina has seen the effects of deforestation and have awakened to the importance of trees...

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What Brazil’s Farmers Can Teach the World About Climate Action
03/11/2025

omething delicious is happening in Brazil’s Bahia region. Here, where forests were once razed to make room for full-sun cocoa plantations, this corner...

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Uganda secures $31 million from Green Climate Fund for Africa’s first results-based climate project
29/10/2025

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $31 million grant-based payment for a landmark climate project in Uganda, recognizing the country’s tangible...

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A historic bond between Quebec and FAO: 80 years of shared commitment to resilient and sustainable agriculture
17/10/2025

Exactly 80 years ago, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) was founded at the Château Frontenac in Quebec City, on 16 October...

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FAO Director-General highlights role of agrifood systems as climate and biodiversity solution providers
17/10/2025

Agrifood systems hold myriad solutions to address the impacts of the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and food insecurity. This was the message...

Women in The Gambia are bringing back cockle farming with FAO and the GCF
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Rural women in The Gambia restock cockles for climate-resilient livelihoods
15/10/2025

Women in The Gambia are reviving cockle farming with support from FAO, the Green Climate Fund and the Gambian Government. Through the PROREFISH project,...