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.
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Latest publications
Climate-related development finance to agrifood systems – Global and regional trends
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...
Agrifood systems in the voluntary carbon market: Status and prospects
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.
Climate-related development finance to agrifood systems, 2024 update
19/11/2024
This technical brief is a special update of the recent Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) analysis “Climate-related development finance to agrifood systems – global and regional trends” and includes newly released data for 2022. 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.
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News
High-Level Ministerial Event: Resilient Agriculture Investment For Net-Zero Land Degradation (RAIZ)
19/11/2025
Land degradation stands as one of the most pressing challenges of our time, undermining food security, accelerating biodiversity loss, and exacerbating...
News
New FAO analysis highlights growing gap in climate finance for agrifood systems
19/11/2025
New analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reveals that agrifood systems, critical to addressing climate change,...
Press Release
COP30: Ten countries back Brazil-led finance accelerator to scale farmland restoration worldwide
19/11/2025
Ten countries have announced their support for an innovative new Brazil-led accelerator that will unite governments and investors behind a shared goal:...