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Germany launches €20 million programme with FAO and UNDP to boost the agriculture sectors’ role in addressing climate change
11/12/2019
The initiative will support developing countries accelerate and improve planning, build resilience and engage with the private sector
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Benefits of Investments in climate services for agriculture and food security outweigh costs
04/12/2019
Weather and climate services are vital for sustainable development and climate change adaptation. The benefits of investment greatly outweigh the...
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FAO offers novel assessment of trees and forests in the world’s drylands
04/12/2019
Geospatial data and global network of partnerships produces new insights on more than 40 percent of the earth’s surface
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Sustainably reducing deforestation and conserving biodiversity requires an overhaul in the global trade and harvesting of wood products – UN’s FAO
22/11/2019
Changing the ways in which wood is harvested and traded for timber, paper and other uses is essential to fighting deforestation and the negative...
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Green Climate Fund approves programmes to fight climate change in Chile, Kyrgyzstan and Nepal
13/11/2019
FAO joint projects worth $161 million to support carbon sequestration and small scale farmers'resilience
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Helping countries better monitor and report on forest and land-use under the Paris Climate Agreement
11/11/2019
FAO and GEF team up in new project to make forest data more transparent, accessible and available
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Global cooperation and climate friendly technologies are key to tackling global food loss and waste
08/11/2019
Rome – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said today international co-operation and innovative, climate friendly technologies were...
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FAO, UN partners warn of disproportional impacts from climate change on land use and food security in Asia-Pacific
28/10/2019
Bangkok, Thailand. Asia’s vast landmass and growing cities are warming faster than the global average and that will have a disproportional...