Collaborative study looks at eight Indigenous Peoples’ food systems in Amazon, Sahel, Himalayas, Pacific Islands and Arctic

This publication describes climate-smart agriculture (CSA) case studies from around the world, showing how the approach is implemented to address challenges related to climate change and agriculture.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recognizes that Indigenous Peoples offer game-changing solut...

The COVID-19 pandemic that gripped the world in 2020 was a watershed event; it changed people’s lives the world over. Countries grappling with the impacts of climate change coupled with the socio-economic fallout that resulted from the pandemic are seeking ways to rebuild th...

المدير العام لمنظمة الأغذية والزراعة السيد شو دونيو يتحدّث أمام المؤتمر العالمي لحفظ الطبيعة في مرسيليا

أطلقت اليوم منظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة (المنظمة) أداتين عمليتين لغرض التشجيع على تخزين الكربون العضوي في التربة وحبسه، ويعدّ هذا وسيلة أساسية للعمل المناخي. 

Rome - Sustainable agri-food systems are a "critical part of the actions and solutions" to the climate crisis, food insecurity and biodiversity loss, which are global crises the world is facing today, Director-General QU Dongyu told Members of the Food and Agriculture Organiza...

Climate change greatly affects the agriculture and land use sector, and its impacts result in disruptions to national economies and to the vitality of rural livelihoods, ecosystems, and biodiversity. In our interconnected world this constitutes a particular threat to food security and nutritio...

Pre-COP26 is the final official ministerial meeting ahead of COP26, the UN Climate Conference which will be hosted in Glasgow in November 2021 under the presidency of the UK, in partnership with Italy.

Two COP26 preparatory events on climate change will take place from 28 September to ...

FAO and UNEP to launch reports and discussion papers on plastics use in agriculture

The biggest climate change event in the world is just around the corner. The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will kick off in Glasgow on 31 October. The

المدير العام لمنظمة الأغذية والزراعة يلقي كلمة بمناسبة إصدار تقرير "حالة الخدمات المناخية لعام 2021: المياه" الذي أُعدّ بقيادة المنظمة العالمية للأرصاد الجوية

Even though Indigenous Peoples’ practices have little impact on greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, climate change and extreme weather events aggravated by the COVID-19 health crisis have had an enormous impact on their livelihoods, cultures, identities and rights.

The new pub...

With just three weeks to go until the most important climate conference since Paris, pre-COP 26 events got the conversations going.

The 26th United Nations Conference preparatory meetings brought together climate and energy ministers from countries to discuss and exchange views on key ...

FAO is helping countries to turn climate commitments into actions with investments in the agriculture sector

Now is the time to act if we want to achieve the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Today as we celebrate World Food Day 2021, countries around the world are dealing with the widespread effects of multiple crises, including climate change.

Solutions exist...

The biggest climate change event in the world is just around the corner. The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will kick off in Glasgow on 31 October. 

The aim of this year’s conference is to finalize remaining decisions to ensure the full implementation of the Paris Agreement, FAO is present to reinforce its commitment to supporting countries in the climate negotiations, particularly through the implementation of the Koronivia Joint Wo...

المدير العام لمنظمة الأغذية والزراعة يتوجّه إلى مؤتمر الأطراف في غلاسكو قائلًا إنه لم يبقَ أمامنا الكثير من الوقت للقضاء على الجوع بحلول عام 2030

"FAO welcomes the progress made with Koronivia, and will continue supporting countries as they work towards defining next steps."

Eduardo Mansur, Director, FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB)

Over the last two weeks, all eyes were on the