Climate Change

Programmes and projects - Ongoing

Pathways to dairy net zero: Promoting low carbon and resilient livestock in East Africa
01/02/2023

Implement a baseline study on energy use in dairy value chains in target countries; analyse renewable energy interventions for enhanced climate performance...

Climate resilienceDairyLivestock
Addressing the agrifood energy-water-land nexus in Central Asia
01/05/2023

Develop a water-energy-land/ food nexus in the five Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Sustainable energy
Green Cities Initiative
08/01/2020

The FAO Green Cities Initiative focuses on improving the urban environment, strengthening urban-rural linkages and the resilience of urban systems,...

Cross-cuttingFood security
Adapting irrigation to climate change (AICCA)
08/01/2017

Climate change represents a challenge for rural people in West and Central Africa, hence adapting small-scale irrigation to climate change is a priority...

Water
Agroecology Knowledge Hub
07/01/2018

Agroecology is a holistic and integrated approach that simultaneously applies ecological and social concepts and principles to the design and management...

Sustainable agricultural practices
Youth for Green and Climate-Resilient Agriculture Programme (YCRA)
02/01/2022

In January 2022 FAO and IAAS (International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences), in collaboration with YPARD (Young Professionals...

BiodiversityResilienceYouth
GCP /GLO/247/IFA
Low Carbon and Resilient Livestock Development Strategies for Climate Informed Investments
01/03/2021

Low Carbon and Resilient Livestock Development Strategies for Climate Informed Investments is a project supporting five countries in Africa and Central...

AgroecologyClimate ChangeLivestockSustainability
GCP/GLO/991/SWI-F
The potential of agroecology to build climate-resilient livelihoods and food systems
01/01/2020

Co-funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, this project is a study that aims to provide evidence and data on the technical potential...

Climate risk management
UNFA/GLO/092/UND
Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans (SCALA)
09/01/2022

The Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through nationally determined contributions and National Adaptation Plans; (SCALA) programme...

Climate risk managementNDCs
Completed projects