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...

Con el fin de ayudar a los agricultores a orientarse entre las decenas de iniciativas y programas encaminados a respaldar la transformación para lograr sistemas agroalimentarios resilientes al clima, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), en asociación...

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...

Según un nuevo análisis de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), casi todos los países establecen en sus contribuciones determinadas a nivel nacional (CDN) que los sistemas agroalimentarios constituyen una prioridad en el empeño de adaptarse al cambio...

Las tierras albergan el pasado, el presente y el futuro de la humanidad. Todo, desde los alimentos nutritivos y los ecosistemas prósperos hasta el patrimonio agrícola y los medios de vida, depende de la salud y la productividad de la tierra. Sin embargo, cada año se degrada un promedio de 100&nbs...

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...

Climate change is real and it is here, but we are fighting back. Discover how FAO's Strategy on climate change and Action Plan can help us tackle this global issue to build a better future for all.

Mapiripán ha estado atrapado durante mucho tiempo en un ciclo de conflicto y degradación ambiental, agravado por el cambio climático. Décadas atrás, ...

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...

La única manera de reducir las emisiones de carbono y devolver la naturaleza al camino que lleva a la limitación del calentamiento mundial a 1,5 °C consiste en transformar nuestros sistemas agroalimentarios, afirmó hoy el Sr. QU Dongyu, Director General de la Organización de las Na...

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.  

La Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático de 2024 (COP29) será un hitoen los esfuerzos mundiales para combatir el cambio climático y garantizar la seguridadalimentaria para las generaciones presentes y futuras. El Gobierno de Azerbaiyán acoge laConferencia en Bakú.

La FAO ha unido hoy fuerzas con los gobiernos de Chad, Cuba, Guinea Ecuatorial, Mauritania, Mozambique y Zambia para lanzar un proyecto multinacional de preparación para el Fondo Verde para el Clima (FVC) que busca estimular la inversión pública y privada en sistemas agroalimentarios resilientes.

En la lengua wayuunaiki, el idioma del pueblo wayuu no existe una palabra para "cambio climático". Quizás porque, para ellos, la lucha contra la inclemencia del clima es una batalla ancestral, librada desde tiempos inmemoriales en el corazón de uno de los desiertos más implacables del mundo. En e...