Bioeconomy holds great promise for transforming how we live, produce, and share resources, with people and the planet at the heart of development; but this potential will not be fulfilled without clear metrics of what counts as sustainable bioeconomy and how it can be monitored and assessed. 

New analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reveals that agrifood systems, critical to addressing climate change, biodiversity loss and global hunger, are receiving a fraction of international climate-related development finance, with much of the funding fail...

The Call to Action on Integrated Fire Management and Wildfire Resilience, now backed by 62 countries, set the tone as speakers highlighted early results from the Global Fire Management Hub and rising cooperation on prevention-centered strategies.

A side event brought IPCC, FAO, and WMO voices together to show how climate science can drive safer agrifood systems, highlighting findings from key reports on heat impacts and emissions data.

Developing countries recognize the urgent need to adapt agrifood systems to climate change, but most National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) are struggling to address key risks or protect vulnerable groups due to severe financing and capacity gaps, according to a landmark report released on Tuesday by t...

Soda Thai sujeta en la mano una fotografía. Lleva un bebé en brazos y posa junto a su marido, ambos vestidos con ropa raída. Recuerda que fue una época difícil. “No tenía trabajo, casa ni tierras, y carecía hasta de recursos para empezar a cultivar”, afirma Soda. Hace 18 años, el único medio que ...

As countries finalize their next national climate commitments – known as nationally determined contributions, or NDCs – at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the world faces a defining test: whether global action can still meet the Paris Agreement’s goals and put agrifood systems at...

The UK Government today announced long-term funding of GBP 16.9 million for the Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests (AIM4Forests) programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

As COP30 tackles how to measure progress on adaptation, a side event brings together speakers from francophone countries on how they track, learn, and fund climate-resilient agriculture.

Cuando la financiación climática se une a la protección social, las comunidades y los bosques prosperan. Esta historia explora cómo las comunidades rurales e indígenas de Paraguay se benefician de los incentivos financieros y la asistencia técnica que reciben a través del proyecto PROEZA para promover prácticas agroforestales sostenibles.

A new White Paper released Monday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aims to bring together, in one place, a host of recent research findings and offers a synthesi...

How can we transform our agrifood systems to both withstand climate shocks and help tackle the climate crisis?

Transforming global agrifood systems to be more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable is critical to meeting the Paris Agreement targets on climate change. Yet, the persistent shortfall in climate finance represents “a lost opportunity” for a sector that could cut global emissions by u...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the launch of the Call to Action on Integrated Fire Management and Wildfire Resilience today at the Belém ClimateSummit ahead of the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil.

omething delicious is happening in Brazil’s Bahia region. Here, where forests were once razed to make room for full-sun cocoa plantations, this corner of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest—one of the planet’s richest yet most threatened ecosystems—is now the site of a quiet agricultural revolution.

As the world faces the twin crises of climate change and global health threats, the importance of the One Health approach has never been clearer. This integrated framework – linking the health of humans, animals, plants, and ecosystems – offers a transformative path to address the cas...

The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), taking place in Belém, Brazil, brings together world leaders, scientists, non-governmental organizations, and civil society to define urgent actions against climate change. Through its participation, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is working with countries and partners to place agriculture and food security at the centre of negotiations, including discussions on the Global Goal on Adaptation, loss and damage, nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), climate finance, technology and just transition.

La comunidad de la que forma parte Iracema Da Luz Ferreyra, en Colonia Alegría (Argentina), ha visto los efectos de la deforestación y ha tomado conciencia sobre la importancia de los árboles para su vida y sus medios de vida. 

El Fondo Verde para el Clima (FVC) ha aprobado un pago en forma de subvención por valor de 31 millones de USD para un proyecto climático histórico en Uganda, en reconocimiento a los logros tangibles del país para frenar la deforestación y reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero.

Exactly 80 years ago, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) was founded at the Château Frontenac in Quebec City, on 16 October 1945. At that time, 44 nations came together with a common purpose: to build a world free from hunger and to support agricultural development. Eight decades later, that same spirit of cooperation continues to thrive between FAO and Quebec, now centred on today’s pressing challenges: climate change, biodiversity, and food security.