How combining new technology and traditional knowledge harvests rain and restores land

Are you involved in a youth-led project working on green and climate-resilient agriculture? Are you interested in receiving mentoring and capacity building to develop your initiative? Are you ready to show the world the power of youth at the International Conference for Yout...

FAO’s Director-General addresses the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin

Honey from Casamance, an area in the south of Senegal, represents 70 percent of national production*. In spite of this, the region remains poor with approximately 50 percent of people affected by...

New generations of students help adapt local knowledge and practices to a changing world

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability was approved today in a virtual session.

Rome – Following two weeks of intense negotiations between governments and the authors of the IPCC Working Group I...

FAO accelerates climate action in Small Island Developing States with Green Climate Fund Readiness grants

Within the next 50 years, some of today’s youth will become the community leaders, policy makers and decision makers that will determine our planet’s future. Education, training, capacity building, investments in technology and creating youth employment opportunities are key components in esta...

The United Nation's theme for this year's observance of International Women’s Day is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow” in recognition and celebration of the women and girls who are leading the charge on climate change adaptation and response and to honour their leadership and ...

International Day of Forests: New FAO report focuses on forest products’ contribution to the global bio-economy

Panelists spoke openly against systemic practices that perpetuate gender inequalities and youth exclusion in climate dialogue

Agriculture is one of the sectors most affected by climate change, but as a recent FAO report ‘Regional analysis of the Nationally Determined Contributions in the Near East and North Africa’ illustrates, agriculture is also...

Rome – Described as “the most highly anticipated piece of information on the subject of climate change mitigation”, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presented its latest report “Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change today at a virtual press conference....

Did you know that there are more than 10 million girl guides and girl scouts in 152 countries in the world? Did you also know that their movement has been building girls of courage, confidence and ...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced a US $5.25 billion replenishment for GEF-8, the next four-year phase of the GEF.  A nearly 30 percent over GEF-7, it will be the largest replenishment in the history of the GEF. 

On International Mother Earth Day, we are reminded that our planet is asking for help –  and we all have a role to play in tackling some of the planet’s biggest environmental concerns. In recent years, data-driven technologies are increasingly being recognized as accelerators in the progr...

State of the World’s Forests Report 2022 details three pathways we must follow to unlock their potential

Thousands of plant species and varieties that fed our ancestors are already extinct, and we are losing more every day. Diversity is our food’s life insurance. It is crop biodiversity that keeps our food systems strong and resilient against these real and menacing threats.  

Indigeno...

Moving towards carbon neutral tea to benefit both the environment and livelihoods