FAO and the Government of Malawi launch a $53.2 million project to help the country's farmers adapt to the impacts of climate change. The initiative is the largest of its kind to be led by FAO in Malawi, where 70 percent of the country lives below the international poverty line...

Lusaka, Zambia – Zambia has launched its much-awaited National Education Curriculum Framework, integrating climate change education principles at all levels.

The launch was made possible with the support of the Facility for Action for Climate Empowerment to achieve Nationally Determined ...

Thale Noi, Thailand - Director-General QU Dongyu today visited the Thale Noi Wetland Buffalo Pastoral Agro-Eco-System in southern Thailand, the first site in the country to be designated as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS). Recognized under the FAO pro...

The sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to take place from 2-13 December 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will focus on “Our Land. Our Future” as it celebrates its  30th anniversary. This celebration will ...

Climate technologies are critical to accelerating climate action and the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems. The challenge, however, is making sure they reach the ones who need it the most.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) brought a critical message to the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan: increased investment in agrifood systems is essential to address the climate crisis.

Over the two weeks of the international ...

It’s the crack of dawn. Magnolia Ordoñez leaves in a small boat along with her husband - the captain- and her colleagues— all women. Their task: to find and collect pianguas, a type of saltwater clam, that lives buried within the roots of mangrove trees in the Pacific region of Colombia.

Family farmers produce over 80% of the world’s food based on value, face disproportionate climate risks, and receive only 0.3% of the world’s public international climate finance. Without adequate financial support, the ability of smallholder farmers to produce food sustainably is at risk. During...

The Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership, launched at COP 27, is a multi-stakeholder partnership that aims to accelerate the transformation of agrifood systems globally and provide space for partners to drive effective actions through collaboration and initiative...

Today’s COP29 panel discussion led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) zeroed in on why climate-efficient agrifood systems infrastructure investments matter – and what can be done. Representatives fro...

A recently launched technical brief from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) underscores the critical role of primary forests in combatting climate change and halting biodiversity loss as crucial discussions take place at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in B...

Achieving a forest-based bioeconomy can help halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation and contribute to global goals on climate, delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) heard today at an event organized by partners from the Collaborative Partnership on Fores...

Transformations in agrifood systems are essential for addressing climate challenges, as they build climate resilience and enhance food security. This event foregrounded coherence, coordination, and the sharing of resources across COP initiatives that can deliver synergies and...

Opening Food, Agriculture and Water Day at COP 29, this event served as the launch of the COP 29 Presidency’s Baku Harmoniya Climate Initiative for Farmers (Harmoniya Initiative), in collaboration with FAO. The Harmoniya Initiative, seeks to build on past efforts to accelerate the transformation of agriculture and food systems...

Newly released data for 2022 shows an increase in climate-related development finance allocated to agrifood systems New FAO analysis shows that in 2022, USD 29 billion, or 23 percent of climate-related development finance was allocated to agrifood systems. Although, this represents a recovery fro...

To help farmers navigate their way through dozens of initiatives and programs working to support climate-resilient agrifood systems transformation, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Azerbaijan COP29 Presidency today launched a new platform,...

A report released at COP29 today finds that global agrifood systems are massively underfunded and require USD 1.1 trillion annually to align with a low-emissions and climate-resilient development trajectory. The joint analysis by the ClimateShot Investor Coalition (CLIC) and the Food and Agricult...

A new analysis from FAO finds that almost all countries identify agrifood systems as a priority for climate change adaptation (94 percent) and mitigation (91 percent) in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). This highlights the tremendous potential ...

Land holds the past, present and future of humanity. Everything from nutritious food and thriving ecosystems to agricultural heritage and livelihoods rely on healthy and productive land. Yet every year, an average of 100 million hectares of land are degraded through unsustainable agriculture, urbanization and more frequent and prolonged droughts. Drylands cover over 40 percent of the world. However, land degradation and climate change are driving up the risk of desertification and biodiversity loss in these unique ecosystems.

This event showcased on-the-ground challenges and solutions for recovering from the compounding shocks of climate change, fragility, and conflict, and building long-term resilience and adaptive capacity...