FAO’s leader points to the need to turn food systems into accelerators of the SDGs

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...

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.

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.

Инновации - это ключ к обеспечению доступа к воде, продуктам питания и доходам в условиях изменения климата

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...

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 o...

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.

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Генеральный директор ФАО выступил на Совещании Сторон Монреальского протокола по веществам, разрушающим озоновый слой

ФАО и ГЭФ объединили усилия в новом проекте, чтобы сделать данные о лесах более прозрачными и доступными

FAO joint projects worth $161 million to support carbon sequestration and small scale farmers'resilience

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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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.

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Геопространственные данные и глобальная сеть партнерств позволили получить новые сведения для более чем 40 процентов поверхности суши

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

FAO@COP25

FAO Director-General highlights solutions to global challenges at SDG2 event on the margins of COP25

Система агролесоводства "кихамба" защищает будущее лесов и фермеров на склонах Килиманджаро

New report flags five actions to develop a low-carbon livestock sector

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 ‘disappoint...