Kaveh Zahedi, leading FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment is attending high-level events at the UN General Assembly and events in partnership with businesses, climate philanthropists and other stakeholders, as part of Climate Week NYC. He bears a clear message for countries and leaders that FAO will carry to COP28 in Dubai and beyond.

在联合国可持续发展目标峰会第二天、联大一般性辩论前夕，联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）总干事屈冬玉在联合国总部召集了一次部长级对话。多国部长级官员齐聚一堂，共同探讨如何加大行动和投资力度，推动农业粮食体系转型，应对生物多样性丧失和气候危机。会议由加拿大共同主持。

2023年可持续发展目标峰会召开在即，联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）总干事屈冬玉今天在纽约联合国总部出席联合国可持续发展目标行动周末“加速日”高级别研讨会。会上，屈总干事与伙伴机构有关人员就粮食体系转型高影响力倡议进行介绍，强调该倡议旨在动员各方贡献力量，确保所有人实现粮食安全和健康膳食。

The rethinking of food and agriculture and the necessary sector transformations we need moving forward must take into consideration the implementation of the closely interlinked climate change and biodiversity outcomes from COP27 and COP15, respectively.

One of the most important food security crops in Africa is cassava, a root vegetable eaten by around half a billion people every day. Africa produces nearly 200 million tonnes of cassava every year, around 60 per cent of the world’s total production. However, due to climate change, water sc...

2023年1月25日，我与加拿大魁北克国际关系及法语部部长玛蒂娜·比隆一起访问了塞内加尔西部捷斯区一个叫做潘迪埃努的村庄。在参观当地的农民田间学校时，我们见到了深受气候变化影响的当地妇女和青年。我听他们讲述了自己的故事，也了解了实践小组学习带来的收获。潘迪埃努不仅仅是一个村庄。作为一个样板，它面临着塞内加尔无数小农遭遇的种种挑战，同时也在实施社区应对气候危机的解决方案。我在当地亲眼见证了联合国粮农组织加强农业适应力（SAGA）项目有效促进社区参与、支持改善农业韧性并推动可持续发展。 

在加拿大温哥华举行的第七届全球环境基金（GEF）大会上，联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）对全球生物多样性框架基金的启动表示欢迎。

Manzura Orolbaeva按照吉尔吉斯的传统习俗，用自制的面包和一碟融化的黄油招待客人。面包是用自家农场种植的谷物制作的，黄油也产自自家饲养的牲畜。

联合国粮农组织向畜牧部门投资项目提供技术支持，助力改善生计和营养，并减少温室气体排放

Silotte Mervil, a fifty-four-year-old smallholder farmer and mother of five, is determined to make a difference on her land in Maïssade, a commune in central Haiti. She produces vegetables to feed her family and generate income, refusing to feel helpless. Her resilience and success have been boosted by her active participation in the Strengthening Agricultural Adaptation (SAGA) project, implemented by FAO. This project, financed by the Government of Quebec, aims to strengthen the resilience of the Haitian agricultural sector to climate change and to increase capacity building and adaptation planning for better food security and nutrition.

What is at stake if Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge is not passed down to today’s youth? Quite simply, the planet as we know it! The reality is that Indigenous Peoples are guardians to almost 80 percent of the world’s remaining biodiversity. Representing six percent of the global population, Indigenous Peoples’ territories cover 28 percent of the Earth’s surface, and 11 percent of the world’s forests lie within these territories.

由阿拉伯联合酋长国主办的2023年联合国气候变化大会（COP28）将于11月30日至12月12日在迪拜举行。这次会议将成为全球致力应对气候变化和确保今世后代粮食安全的一个里程碑式事件。

Recognizing that adaptation is a globally significant issue, the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) was established under the Paris Agreement to boost work on adaptation with the aim of building adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience, and reducing vulnerability to climate change. However, the path to assessing the GGA has been slow and complex due to methodological challenges in defining targets, measuring adaptation and the lack of a universal metric.

阿塞拜疆种植棉花的历史最早可以追溯到几千年前。在苏联时期，阿塞拜疆出产的棉花享有“白色黄金”的美誉，约占全国农业总产值的25%。然而，随着阿塞拜疆转型为自由市场经济，加上替代产业在1990年代快速兴起，棉花逐渐变得无足轻重。在20世纪80年代，该国棉花产量一度超过83万吨，而到2009年则跌至新低，只有3.1万吨。

Could Artificial Intelligence (AI) be the solution to the world’s climate crisis? AI is a tool that is already providing insights into where and how climate change is affecting our agriculture and food systems.

联合国粮食体系峰会阶段成果总结推进大会第一天，气候行动成为各方关注焦点。意大利政府在联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）总部主办了一场高级别会议，广邀各方探索对策举措，畅谈如何建设具有气候韧性的农业粮食体系，并减少农业粮食体系的碳足迹，从而满足全球日益增长的粮食需求，同时保护环境。