Climate Change

Access to climate finance

At a time where climate finance in the agriculture and land use sector is urgently needed, FAO is committed to supporting countries to unlock their growth potential and promote climate action for more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems.

FAO supports countries with access to finance through several funding channels including the Green Climate Fund, Global Environment Facility and Adaptation Fund, and through bilateral funding and support setting up carbon projects.  

FAO draws on its strong field presence and in-depth understanding of policies and procedures to assist countries with the development and implementation of hundreds of country-led projects on adaptation, climate-smart agriculture, combatting land and forest degradation, sustainable forest management and disaster risk reduction helping them turn their climate ambitions into actions. 

How FAO supports

Latest publications

16/09/2026

This report argues that climate adaptation and mitigation in agrifood systems require not only more climate finance, but also better climate finance to deliver transformational impacts.

17/11/2025

Climate finance is a fundamental element of the global development agenda and has been increasingly considered in international fora such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the G20 Agenda. This publication aims to inform participants of the UNFCCC 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), as well as UN agencies, international finance institutions, national governments of both donor and recipient countries...

28/05/2025

This report constitutes the first global assessment of the agrifood sector in the voluntary carbon market (VCM), which is where carbon credits are issued, bought and sold in the private sector.

Highlights

Loss and Damage workshop at FAO’s Climate Policy and Finance Week
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FAO’s Climate Policy and Finance Week advances investments and action in agrifood systems
06/10/2026

Agrifood systems are increasingly central to the global climate agenda. Countries are giving greater attention to agriculture and food systems in their...

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FAST Partnership builds bridges to strengthen climate finance for agrifood systems
24/09/2026

More than 80 representatives from governments, financial institutions, intergovernmental organizations, civil society, youth and farmers’ organizations,...

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New FAO-CIRAD report calls for better quality climate finance for agrifood systems
16/09/2026

Agrifood systems are both highly vulnerable to climate change and central to climate solutions. They generate one third of global greenhouse gas emissions,...