Key actors in the climate finance and international development arena joined together on 20 May 2021 to discuss the climate change-related challenges African countries face, and the opportunities to access Green Climate Fund (GCF) resources fo...

FAO’s safeguard system helps to ensure resilient agriculture and food systems, protecting and promoting the sustainable use of natural resources, while meeting the needs of those living in poverty. FAO ensures measures are in place at each step of the project cycle to ad...

NEW Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture website. Koronivia is a landmark decision under UNFCCC recognizing the unique potential of agriculture in tackling climate change.

Pests destroy up to 40 percent of global crops and cost $220 billion of losses

Leaders gathered at virtual global gala calling for #GenerationRestoration

Launch of the FAO-led, Global Environment Facility-funded initiative paves the way for UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Philanthropist delivered biennial McDougall Memorial Lecture

Land is our lifeblood. About 95 percent of our food is either directly or indirectly produced on land, yet desertification and drought threaten to dry out fertile soils and leave millions food insec...

Monday, 21 June 2021 14:00 pm – 16.00 pm CEST

Ambitious plans to help small, medium and large cities become greener, cleaner and integrated into sustainable agri-food systems

Innovation, the complex process by which products, services and activities are renewed and brought up to date by applying new processes and introducing new technologies, is very relevant to agriculture. Innovation in agriculture cuts across all dimensions of the production cycl...

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...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses World Conservation Congress in Marseille

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu says healthy soils are crucial for sustainable agri-food systems

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 Org...

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 2...