FAO launches new collection of success stories from around the world, Catalyzing Climate Solutions...

Recognizing the multitude of risks that a changing climate is having and will continue to have on the health of all life on earth, the launch took place at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The amount of climate finance flowing to agrifood systems is strikingly low and continues to diminish compared to global climate finance flows, a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warns.

The roadmap envisions transforming agrifood systems from a net emitter to a carbon sink based on the principle of a just transition.

This event, taking place on Nature, Lands, and Oceans Day at the COP 28, addressed the critical importance of a shared vision, standards of practice, and harmonized monitoring tools for achieving the ambitious goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, especially in support of restoring ecosystem health and productivity.

It is imperative to chart pathways to lower the greenhouse gas emissions produced by the world’s livestock systems in the face of a growing global population and a projected 20 percent increase in demand for terrestrial animal products by 2050.

At global celebrations marking World Soil Day 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) underlined the vital link between soil and water in producing our food and the need for integrated management and conservation of these key resources to enable climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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, carrying the message of agrifood systems as the linchpin to climate solutions...

Climate change is not something that might hit the Philippines one day: it is already happening. Rising sea levels, ocean acidification, and more intense typhoon and storm surges are all impacting the country, its aquatic resources, and its fishers.

Malnutrition and climate change are two of the greatest challenges currently facing humanity, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, underscored today at a high-level side event on the sidelines of the UN Climate Conference COP28.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) designed to reinforce their collaboration on agrifood trade and food safety.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today, which recognizes the critical role that investment in rural infrastructure, natural resources management and climate resilience plays in transforming agrifood systems. 

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 investment towards science-based solutions, technology, capacity building and youth, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) QU Dongyu said today at a high-level side-event held on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).

Agrifood systems solutions deliver triple wins for climate, people and nature, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations QU Dongyu told a high-level event this Saturday at the UN Climate Conference COP28 in Dubai.

“Learning together, thinking together, designing together and contributing together, with the various partners taking ownership” - these are keys to the successful implementation of an initiative to restore the ecological health of the River Indus in Pakistan, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today at a side event of the COP28 climate talks.

It is time for concrete action in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) told the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai on Saturday.

On the sidelines of the UN Climate Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu unveiled a new report that highlights the escalating threat of climate change-induced loss and damage to agrifood systems.

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 occurring within the context of the climate crisis, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) QU Dongyu said today at a high-level event at the UN Climate Climate Change Conference COP28.

Using nuclear techniques and biotechnologies, a partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency is playing a vital role as nations worldwide face the impacts of the climate crisis.

At this Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) event, scientists, representatives of Indigenous Peoples, and FAO officials highlighted agriculture as the primary sector impacted by loss and damage due to climate change-related events.