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

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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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Ministerial FAST+CCAC – Scaling up practical solutions for resilient agrifood systems
19/11/2025

On Food and Agriculture Day, key stakeholders in action to transform agrifood systems and mitigate super-pollutants combined forces to discuss ways...

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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...