Climate Change

Programmes and projects

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

Central AsiaKazakhstanSustainable energyTajikistanTurkmenistanTurkmenistanUzbekistan
Renewable energy interventions in the wheat landscape in Uzbekistan
01/05/2021

Understand the potential to produce solar and wind energy in the regions of Republic of Karakalpakstan, Kashkadarya and Khorezm, and analyse the potential...

AgrifoodchainsRenewable energySolar energyUzbekistanWind energy
Renewable energy for agrifood chains – Investing in solar energy in Rwanda
01/05/2021

FAO, through the Energy Smart Food programme, has been spearheading efforts to support Rwanda in building evidence-based policies and deploying renewable...

TCP/RWA/3704
Bioenergy and food security assessment and capacity building for Rwanda
11/02/2019

Detailed evaluation of crop, livestock, and woody biomass potential for off-grid electricity and cooking fuels; identify specific bioenergy pathways...

BioenergyCooking fuelsCropsLivestockOff-grid electricityRwandaWoody residues
EP/IND/199/UEP
Enabling alternative sustainable uses of crop residue burning in the state of Punjab
01/12/2020

Design a model rice straw value chain to mobilize rice straw in Punjab and assess the techno-economic viability of using rice straw to produce 2G ethanol,...

Open burningRenewable energyRice strawSustainable energy
GCP/GLO/065/EC BIKE
BIKE - Biofuels production at low – ILUC-risk for European sustainable bioeconomy
01/09/2020

Support the implementation of EU's RED II by providing evidence and promoting the market potential of low ILUC-risk biomass, biofuels, and bioliquids...

TCP/ZAM/3804
Green recovery in agrifood chains through sustainable energy interventions in Zambia
03/11/2021

Identify potential opportunities for sustainable energy interventions in the dairy, cereals, horticulture, roots and tubers, fishery value chains

Sustainable energyZambia
UTF/AZE/016/AZE
Catalysing the efficiency and sustainability of Azerbaijan's hazelnut sector
01/06/2020

Assess the availability of residues that are generated along the hazelnut value chain and evaluate the potential to produce sustainable bioenergy.

AzerbaijanGreen energyHazelnut value chain
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