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...

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. 

Today, 4 March 2021, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, held a virtual meeting with Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Chief Executive Officer, Global Environment Facility (GEF). The two heads discussed the importance of bridging agriculture and environment, and agreed on the need o...

FAO and the Milan Urban Food Pact: Working together for sustainable urban agri-food systems

New data tool offers detailed insights covering role of land use, agriculture, refrigeration, packaging and more, providing critical guidance for holistic mitigation efforts.

Rome: The world's food systems are responsible for more than one-third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emi...

Green Cities Initiative  now on the web

FAO and UNDP are empowering women for a sustainable future

New FAO report finds agricultural losses from natural hazards continue to soar, inflicting economic damage and undermining nutrition

We live on a blue planet covered in vast oceans, but did you know that only 3 percent of total global water is available as fresh water? World Water Day is a s...

The new initiatives will help smallholders mitigate and adapt to climate change

Rainwater harvesting and agroecological irrigation make farmers more resilient in Senegal

Available data shows that increased occurrence of climate-related disasters is the new normal. Smallholder farmers and small-scale producers, the backbone of global food securit...

Rome – Productivity gains, good governance and a coordinated holistic policy framework are the three major entry points for action to address water and climate-related challenges in agriculture, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the U...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today formally joined the Sustainable Rice Platform, a global multi‐stakeholder alliance of more than 100 institutional members from the public, private, research, civil society and financial sectors.

French astronaut to advocate for action on climate change and transforming our agri-food systems

Building more resilient livelihoods in islands vulnerable to climate change

Today, Monday 19th April, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas will jointly launch the final report on the State of the Global Climate in 2020. 

With important contributions ...

FAO’s latest webinar in the ‘Circular bioeconomy’ series looks at what’s needed to make innovative bio-products part of everyday life

Climate change is one of the greatest threats to food security, poverty reduction and sustainable development across the world. To cope with the consequences of climate change, innovative solutions are needed. Blockchain technology is one of them – but what is it and how can it be used? <...

How four FAO-Green Climate Fund projects are providing solutions