Climate Change

27/09/2019

Dakar - The Government of Senegal, together with the Government of Quebec, FAO, and over seventy representatives from the public, research and private sectors, officially launched the Senegal component of a global project to strengthen adaptation planning capacities for food s...

02/10/2019
Agriculture experts from 36 countries gathered in Rome from 25-27 September to exchange ideas on ways to implement the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) paving a way forward.
07/10/2019
At a high-level discussion on the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) called for more in-depth analysis into consumer patterns and food production systems.
10/10/2019
Innovation is key to ensuring access to water, food and income in the face of climate change
11/10/2019

Several side events at next week’s forty-sixth plenary session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) focus specifically on achieving food security in the face of climate change. Climate action in the agriculture sectors must lead towards low-emission, adapted, resilient food production...

16/10/2019

A new draft report for the FAO Disaster Risk Reduction project in the Kyrgyz Republic compiles for the first time current and historical data on climate, emergencies, damage and the impact of natural hazards on...

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 impact on food security and livelihoods for billions of people across the region, co-authors of a global report warned today.

Some ...

08/11/2019

Rome – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said today international co-operation and innovative, climate friendly technologies were critical to address global food loss and waste which totals more than 1.3 billion tonnes a year.

The Director-General was addressing the H...

11/11/2019
FAO and GEF team up in new project to make forest data more transparent, accessible and available
13/11/2019
FAO joint projects worth $161 million to support carbon sequestration and small scale farmers'resilience
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 effects of climate change, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on the eve of a global meeting on sustainable wood production.

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04/12/2019

Weather and climate services are vital for sustainable development and climate change adaptation. The benefits of investment greatly outweigh the cost, and yet the capacity to deliver and access these services is uneven and inadequate, according to a new report.

An inaugural

04/12/2019
Geospatial data and global network of partnerships produces new insights on more than 40 percent of the earth’s surface
11/12/2019

The initiative will support developing countries accelerate and improve planning, build resilience and engage with the private sector

12/12/2019
FAO Director-General highlights solutions to global challenges at SDG2 event on the margins of COP25
13/12/2019
‘Kihamba’ protect the future of forests and farmers on the slopes of Kilimanjaro
18/12/2019
New report flags five actions to develop a low-carbon livestock sector
20/12/2019

FAO saw several positive outcomes for work within the agriculture sectors to build climate resilience and limit CO2 emissions, at this year’s UN Climate Conference (COP25) in Madrid. 

But despite its branding “time for action”, the conference was described by the media as a ‘d...

20/01/2020
Offering alternative livelihoods, sea cucumbers provide new hope