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.  

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

The role includes promoting the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems and combatting climate change

Global milk production has grown largely in response to increased consumer demand, and this has implications for the sustainability of dairy systems. FAO and the Global Dairy Platform are partnering to make dairy production more sustainable and to enhance the contribution of dairy to...

A special ceremony, hosted today at the American University in Beirut marked the first step in United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Goodwill Ambassador, Michael Haddad’s Arctic Walk for Climate Resilience and Food Security, slated for 7 June 2022 in Svalbard, Norway.

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On 5 June, World Environment Day will be celebrated around the world. This is an ideal moment to commemorate and reflect upon the extraordinary interconnection between humans and the environment.Through ten case studies, a new FAO publication “

Five ways advancing sustainable agrifood systems promotes a healthy environment

The Food and Agriculture organization of the UN led events at Stockholm+50 that presented solutions to halt environmental degradation through the transformation of our agrifood systems

2 June 2022, Stockholm, Sweden – “Stockholm...

FAO accompanies UNDP Regional Goodwill Ambassador as he completes an excruciating feat to raise awareness about the climate emergency and food security

The two Thematic Strategies will guide FAO’s work in these areas until 2031