Women farmers in Cambodia are growing climate resilient – starting with rice seeds

The 2025 Standing Committee on Finance Forum of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) kicked off at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome. The Forum takes place at a critical juncture on the road to the next UN C...

A former iron sand mine transformed into a terraced agro-silvo-pastoral system, a landscape of stone-walled citrus orchards in Japan, and an iconic Mediterranean terraced system on the steep coastal slopes of Italy are the latest additions to the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (...

A new study co-authored by FAO and experts from 17 countries published in Nature Communications gives us a glimpse of what Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems could look like under different ecological pressures, including from rising temperatures and biodiversity loss.

Preserving and restoring natural vegetation is essential to halting the global decline of biodiversity. Without biodiversity, we cannot ensure the future of food security and food diversity which is why countries and decision makers are turning to land restoration as a solution.

As the global community confronts the escalating realities of climate change, Zambia faces increasingly urgent challenges. From destructive flash floods to prolonged droughts, climate-related events are threatening livelihoods, particularly in rural communities reliant on agriculture and natural resources. While multiple interventions have been introduced by government and development partners, sustainable impact remains vague without the meaningful engagement of traditional leaders. 

The Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture (SCALA) programme, co-led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Development Programme, has already achieved significant milestones since its inception in 2020.

Across the world, climate change is shifting the delicate balance that keeps plants – and everything they support - healthy. As temperatures rise, rains become less predictable, and extreme weather strikes more often, plant pests and diseases are spreading in ways not seen before. The consequences reach far beyond crops. In a world where human, animal, plant and environmental health are deeply connected, protecting plant health has never been more critical.

An integrated mountain agropastoral system in Tajikistan has become the first Central Asian addition to the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, with a pine tree agroforestry system and traditional bamboo and fishery system in the Republic of Korea and an agrosilvopastoral system in Portugal also recognized. 

Chiang Mai, Thailand – Stretching from Bhutan to Papua New Guinea, the Indo-Malaya forest biome harbors one of the last major primary forest areas in the world, hosting more than 5,000 threatened species. 60 percent of its original vegetation is already lost, and the remaining pr...

Port Moresby/Rome - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved projects worth more than $300 million that will protect forests in Papua New Guinea, promote sustainable fisheries in Saint Lucia, and help grow Africa’s Great Green Wall.

The initiatives, designed by the Food a...

As climate records continue to topple year after year, one thing has become clear; agricultural communities are on the frontlines of climate change and must be at the heart of adaptation efforts. 

From prolonged droughts in East Africa to Southeast Asia's flood-stricken rice fields,...

Meet Khilamaya Nepali, a determined farmer from Nepal’s Churia region who is transforming her future through sustainable agriculture. Despite living with a disability since infancy, she’s now leading the way in climate-smart farming. Through the FAO-GCF farmer field school, Khilamaya and others are building resilience against climate change... 

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has upgraded its innovative ABC-Map geospatial app with a new indicator which shows that several major crops including wheat, coffee, beans, cassava, and plantain could lose half their best or optimally suitable land by 2100.

Agrifood systems play an important role in the voluntary carbon market (VCM), accounting for more than 10 percent of projects. But with only 1 percent of carbon credits issued from these projects, impact is still limited. What can we learn from market developments and project experience so far to...

Bees are essential for pollination, food security and biodiversity preservation. World Bee Day, celebrated in 2025 under the theme “Bee inspired by nature to nourish us all”, reminds us how crucial it is to protect these pollinators and support beekeepers.

Rome - A traditional agroforestry system growing the erva-mate plant in Brazil, three sites in China specializing in pearl mussels, white tea and pears, an ancestral system preserving vital food crops and biodiversity in Mexico and a distinctive farming system in the volcanic landscape of Spain’s Lanzarote island became the latest additions to Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS).

In Chile’s Arauco Province, Marcelo Rodríguez is planting native trees to support bees, biodiversity, and his family’s future. Through an FAO-led project backed by GCF, called +Bosques, Marcelo is planting endemic trees like Tineo and Ulmo, producing rare honeys with deep cultural and ecological roots...

Lower Austria’s centuries-old carp ponds have been officially recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), marking a proud moment for the region’s farming and aquaculture communities.

Copenhagen, Denmark - Ahead of COP30 in Brazil, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is accelerating its support to countries in the development and implementation of climate action plans with resilient and low-emission agriculture and food systems...

In the countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA) lies the Dry Corridor, considered one of the most vulnerable ecoregions to climate variability and change. It is characterized by long periods of drought with rising temperatures or intense rainfall. People dependent on agricultur...