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Mapiripán has long been trapped in a cycle of conflict and environmental degradation exacerbated by climate change. Many years ago...

Assessing the need for fundamental changes in agrifood systems, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), along with government, and World Bank leaders stressed the mere 4.3% of total mitigation and adaptation finance going to the sector along with the potential of finance to deliver improvements ...

In the face of a massive gap in finance for countries impacted by fragility and conflict, a side event explored investment projects to scale up delivery of climate-resilient agriculture and water management systems, ecosystem restoration, and climate information services in Somalia, Iraq, and Bur...

In support of the upcoming 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released a new activity book designed to educate children and pre-teens on the role of livestock in human communities and their impact on the env...

The only way to reduce carbon emissions and restore nature on the path to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is to transform our agrifood systems, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today told the UN Climate Chang...

The United Nations Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment reveals urgent need for action to mitigate N₂O emissions to prevent catastrophic climate, environmental, and health impacts.

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) is a landmark event in global efforts to combat climate change and ensure food security for present and future generations.  

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) is a landmark event in global efforts to combat climate change and ensure food security for present and future generations. The Conference is being hosted by the Government of Azerbaijan, in Baku.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) joined forces with the governments of Chad, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Mozambique and Zambia to launch a multi-country Green Climate Fund (GCF) readiness project that seeks to spur public and private investment in resilient agrifood systems.

In Wayunaikki, the language of the Wayuu Indigenous Peoples, there is no word for “climate change’’. Yet, as the climate crisis undeniably batters their communities, they may just have found a key to resilience: a humble bean.

 In a landmark decision, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved funding for two transformative projects valued at 134 million, to support adaptation and enhance the climate resilience of vulnerable agricultural communities in Somalia and Iraq. These initiatives, spearheaded by FAO, will empower millions of farmers and pastoralists to adapt to the ...

The Mediterranean fruit fly is considered among the most devastating insect pests worldwide. An outbreak can lead to strict trade restrictions with enormous socio-economic consequences. Despite having been eradicated in Mexico in the 1980s, Mediterranean fruit flies were recently detected in the ...

After years of soil degradation in western Uzbekistan, smallholder farmers like Adyl have turned to climate-smart techniques to tackle the impacts of drought. 

Soils are where our food begins. Without healthy soils, growing nutritious food would be next to impossible. Problems like soil erosion can cause up to 50 percent in crop yield losses, impacting farmers’ livelihoods, our environment, agriculture and food. Soil health affects us all. 

Dramatic environmental changes are affecting the availability and abundance of species, forcing artisanal fishers and small-scale fish farmers along Chile’s vast coastline to modify their livelihoods. 

Sargassum has been washing up in growing numbers on the shores of the Caribbean Sea for more than a decade. Easily identified by its brown colour and a powerful stench, this algae in such increased volumes is seriously damaging tourism in island communities, catches in fishing industries and econ...

In 2022, the Republic of Moldova faced an extreme drought that led to 50 - 60 percent losses in some of their crops. With this loss of income and increased prices of agricultural inputs, families with livestock couldn’t buy the feed necessary for their animals.

Maasai Indigenous Peoples are pastoralists who traditionally relied on natural pastures, but the prolonged droughts and poor quality, purchased silage have led the pastoralists to adopt other approaches, like growing their own fodder. 

In the snowy peaks of Kyrgyzstan’s Tien-Shan mountains, a group of people hike to a remote area, checking and relocating camera traps that monitor wildlife, like the elusive snow leopard – the “ghost of the mountains”. Formerly hunters and fishers, these locals now work as community rangers, patr...