The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26 was held in Glasgow, Scotland between 31 October and 12 November. COP is a space for negotiation and FAO as an observer of this negotiation process, led and co-led 

With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) behind us, we spoke to Eduardo Mansur, Director of the FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, on FAO’s participation in Glasgow where it called for linkages between the climate and food security agendas.

Ocean litter has been making the headlines, but a new report by FAO suggests that plastic pollution is also pervasive in our agricultural soils

Protecting our land, soil and water resources for the future of our food

At COP26, governments found significant agreement on the last three topics of the initial Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) roadmap, which complement the conclusions already adopted on the previous three. The intersessional workshops part 1 and 2 will be discussed at the Uni...

Rome – United Nations agencies and their partners should work closer together to make agrifood production more sustainable and energy-efficient, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General QU Dongyu told a UN energy meeting today.

Investing in clean, a...

The 2021 physics prize winner delivers a lecture on “Science: the headlight on our future”

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...