New guide on soil carbon in Africa – the impacts of land use and agricultural practices
04/12/2020
Africa’s soils are as diverse and varied as the knowledge of the communities that farm them. Different management strategies are used to enhance the carbon storage capacity of soils, and their adaptation to climate change.
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World Soil Day highlights the role of soil biodiversity in boosting food production and nutrition
05/12/2020
Mainstreaming fisheries and aquaculture in climate change adaptation - New FAO supplementary guidelines for adaptation planning
22/12/2020
Out of all the food production systems, the fisheries and aquaculture sector, that supports the livelihoods of millions of people, has one of the lowest carbon footprints.
Climate change is however having a profound impact on the wellbeing of aquatic ecosystems, wit...
Halving nitrogen pollution in agri-food systems
23/12/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have joined forces to advocate for urgent action to transform agri-food systems and halve nitrogen waste by 2030.
The web...
A One Planet Summit for Biodiversity
07/01/2021
The ‘One Planet Summit’ has been organized by the French Government since 2017. The summit is a platform for the international community and in particular for the 2030 Action Agenda. It tackles climate change challenges a...
FAO Director-General calls for urgent scale-up of Africa’s Great Green Wall
12/01/2021
One Planet – FAO’s work on biodiversity, One Health and climate
14/01/2021
Innovation to counter food supply-chain disruptions and spur recovery
20/01/2021
Rome/Berlin - Innovative solutions in agri-food systems helped households and countries contain disruptions in food supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more will be required to "build back better and build back greener", FAO's Director-General QU Dongyu said today....
FAO hosts webinar on mainstreaming climate risk management in agricultural finance
27/01/2021
Empowering women to boost forest sciences
11/02/2021
With the right tools and training, women can add a different perspective to land-use planning that can make land management more sustainable, inclusive and climate. Joanita Nabulime, a GIS Technician at the National Forestry Authority (NFA) of Uganda, collects forest data collection in a train...
Mainstreaming climate risk management - NEW FAO brochure
22/02/2021
The Climate Risks team within FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Environment and Biodiversity (OCB) has developed a climate risk screening system to climate-proof programmes and projects and ensure they comply with the highest international standards from concept to final evaluation.