As COP30 tackles how to measure progress on adaptation, a side event brings together speakers from francophone countries on how they track, learn, and fund climate-resilient agriculture.

When climate finance meets social protection, communities and forests thrive. This story explores how rural and Indigenous communities in Paraguay are benefiting from the financial incentives and technical assistance they receive through the PROEZA project to promote sustainable agroforestry practices.

A new White Paper released Monday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aims to bring together, in one place, a host of recent research findings and offers a synthesis ...

How can we transform our agrifood systems to both withstand climate shocks and help tackle the climate crisis?

Transforming global agrifood systems to be more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable is critical to meeting the Paris Agreement targets on climate change. Yet, the persistent shortfall in climate finance represents “a lost opportunity” for a sector that could cut global emissions by u...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the launch of the Call to Action on Integrated Fire Management and Wildfire Resilience today at the Belém ClimateSummit ahead of the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil.

omething delicious is happening in Brazil’s Bahia region. Here, where forests were once razed to make room for full-sun cocoa plantations, this corner of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest—one of the planet’s richest yet most threatened ecosystems—is now the site of a quiet agricultural revolution.

The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), taking place in Belém, Brazil, brings together world leaders, scientists, non-governmental organizations, and civil society to define urgent actions against climate change. Through its participation, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is working with countries and partners to place agriculture and food security at the centre of negotiations, including discussions on the Global Goal on Adaptation, loss and damage, nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), climate finance, technology and just transition.

Iracema Da Luz Ferreyra’s community in Colonia Alegría, Argentina has seen the effects of deforestation and have awakened to the importance of trees for their lives and livelihoods...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $31 million grant-based payment for a landmark climate project in Uganda, recognizing the country’s tangible achievements in curbing deforestation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is supporting the design of an ambitious new global facility for securing the future of tropical forests, discussed at a high-level event in New York this week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

Women in The Gambia are reviving cockle farming with support from FAO, the Green Climate Fund and the Gambian Government. Through the PROREFISH project, coastal communities are restoring once-depleted mudflats with this beloved shellfish. Here's how climate action is boosting food security and improving livelihoods.

Agrifood systems hold myriad solutions to address the impacts of the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and food insecurity. This was the message FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, delivered during a high-level dialogue “Scaling Up Climate Response through Agrifood Systems: Susta...

There are still hours to go before dawn, but the roosters of Magdalena Laine are already crowing when the 59-year-old farmer from the Kichwa Indigenous Peoples turns on the sole bulb illuminating the patio of her farm, located outside the Ecuadorian Andean town of Cotacachi. Then, she begins to s...

The 2025 GIAHS Award Ceremony will take place on 31 October at FAO headquarters in Rome, within the celebrations of FAO’s 80th Anniversary. The event will celebrate 28 new agricultural heritage designations across 14 countries, bringing the total number of globally recognized heritage systems to ...

At a high-level inception workshop in Baghdad, Iraq took a major step forward with its first-ever Green Climate Fund project. The SRVALI initiative, backed by $39 million in investments, will support nearly 2 million people in adapting to climate change through smarter water use, renewable energy, and inclusive agriculture.

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New FAO analysis shows that, despite agrifood systems having the potential to reduce global emissions by a third, climate-related development finance for the sector is stagnating, and its overall share is declining compared to other sectors.

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