World Soil Day 2023 highlights link between soil and water, increasingly crucial in face of climate crisis

05/12/2023

At global celebrations marking World Soil Day 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) underlined the vital...

FAO empowers Philippines' fishers and communities in resilient climate change adaptation

04/12/2023

Climate change is not something that might hit the Philippines one day: it is already happening. Rising sea levels, ocean acidification, and more intense...

FAO Director-General champions agrifood systems as the climate solution at COP28

04/12/2023

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu led a delegation during the first high-level segment of the UN Climate Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,...

COP28: At climate summit’s first-ever Health Day, FAO highlights interconnected challenges of malnutrition and climate change

03/12/2023

Malnutrition and climate change are two of the greatest challenges currently facing humanity, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization...

COP28: New AIIB-FAO partnership to boost rural infrastructure development to transform agrifood systems

03/12/2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

COP28: Resilient and healthy mountain systems are key to climate change adaptation and mitigation

02/12/2023

A wide range of stakeholders need to make a concerted effort to address the root causes of the degradation of mountain areas, a situation which is also...

COP28: Fighting AMR requires action on the ground, Qu says

02/12/2023

It is time for concrete action in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization...

COP28: FAO Director-General highlights the role of finance and science in agrifood systems for transformation and prosperity in Africa

02/12/2023

To help Africa cope with the impacts of the climate crisis, it is crucial to put agriculture and food centre-stage in climate action and channel more...

COP28 must be a ‘game changer’ for agrifood systems, FAO Director-General urges

02/12/2023

Agrifood systems solutions deliver triple wins for climate, people and nature, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...