Agricultural losses are accelerating as weather extremes intensify. According to a quantitative assessment using data from FAOSTAT and FAO's Emergency Events Database, climate-related disasters cost global agriculture an estimated

On Food and Agriculture Day, key stakeholders in action to transform agrifood systems and mitigate super-pollutants combined forces to discuss ways to unlock the finance needed to deliver results for the climate.

The Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership, launched at COP27, is a multi-stakeholder platform created to tackle one of the toughest challenges for agrifood systems: unlocking access to climate finance at scale.

FAO convened a two-day workshop on Plastics and One Health in Agrifood Systems, bringing together global experts to discuss the risks and impact pathways of plastic pollution. It was a chance to strengthen a shared understanding of how these interconnected issues ...

From Biodiversity and Climate communities convening in Rome to COP30 in Belém, and from Sahelian rangelands to Cambodian rice fields, OCB worked across FAO to make the case that food and agriculture are not only affected by climate change and biodiversity loss; they are central to solving them.

As part of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Government of Quebec presented a symbolic gift of 80 blue flag iris bulbs to FAO at its headquarters in Rome. 

Food and Agriculture Day at the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30) took place on 19 November, with multiple events addressing related issues.

As climate change increasingly threatens agricultural lands, the 2025 World Soil Day serves as a reminder of the crucial role of soils, particularly in peri-urban zones that supply growing cities. To mark World Soil Day 2025, the SAGA 2 project highlights the “Climate Advisory Clubs” approach, wh...

On the front lines of climate change impacts, farmers, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities also are crucial actors in the fight to reduce emissions and achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. However, these actors face challenges in accessing the climate finance necessary for reducing agr...

Sustainable and resilient agrifood systems are essential for achieving the Paris Agreement targets on climate change while ensuring food security and nutrition for present and future generations. This was the overarching message delivered by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...

Land degradation stands as one of the most pressing challenges of our time, undermining food security, accelerating biodiversity loss, and exacerbating climate change, with 1 billion hectares of land degraded worldwide. It also represents an opportunity: restoring degraded farmland, such as cropl...

Forests are at the heart of COP30 discussions in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belém. But less is said about how forests provide a vital support system for agriculture. Promoting synergies between the two is therefore essential for sustainable agrifood system transformation in the face of climate ...

Ministers unite at COP30 to launch FIRST (the Farmers’ Initiative for Resilient and Sustainable Transformations), a major South–South effort to reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture. Alongside FIRST, Brazil and the United Kingdom launched the Belém Declaration on Fertilisers...

Ten countries have announced their support for an innovative new Brazil-led accelerator that will unite governments and investors behind a shared goal: restoring the world’s farmland to strengthen food security, tackle climate breakdown, and protect biodiversity.

Drawing attention to the underrepresentation of food and agriculture in global climate finance flows, government ministers, experts, financial institutions, and private-sector leaders discuss how to unlock the financial support needed to create cleaner, resilient agrifood systems.

Agrifood systems are central to the global climate agenda; they account for roughly one-third of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and are vital for food security and the livelihoods of over one billion people. 

Building on the legacy of the G20 Bioeconomy Initiative (GIB), the Bioeconomy Challenge defines clear milestones for 2028 — turning the vision of a resilient and inclusive bioeconomy into coordinated action, supported by coherent policy frameworks, measurable outcomes, and innovative financial mechanisms that translate ambition into real-economy results.

当清晨的第一缕曙光洒向巴西伯南布哥州的奥罗鲁巴山脉，一群舒库鲁青年已聚集在苗圃旁，悉心照料着本地植物和树苗。那些曾经一度失传、如今正重获新生的药用植物尤为受到呵护。

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...