The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Jordan held an inception workshop for the project “Building resilience to cope with climate change in Jordan through improving water use efficiency in the agriculture sector (BRCCJ)”. The event, attended by FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, brought key stakeholders together...

Don't miss our two FAO side events on accelerating access to climate finance on Saturday, 12 November at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Join the sessions in person or catch the live stream here...

Time is running out to secure a carbon neutral world by mid-century and to end world hunger by 2030, but climate action offers solutions to help us achieve both. FAO and the Green Climate Fund are responding to countries’ calls to accelerate climate finance for projects that reduce GHG emissions in agriculture and leave no one behind...

Indigenous Peoples are essential allies in global efforts to defend nature and respond to the climate crisis. With territories containing 11% of the world’s forests, Indigenous Peoples are guardians to almost 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity. Indigenous women play a critical role in transmitting the ancestral knowledge...

The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have approved $60 million in funding to support climate-resilient projects in Benin and the Gambia promoting sustainable practices in vulnerable rural communities of these countries. With the approval of these two projects, the FAO GCF portfolio will now reach $1 billion...

North Macedonia concluded the country's second Green Climate Fund (GCF) readiness project, laying the foundation for country-driven climate action in the future. The closing event in Skopje was organized by FAO and the Cabinet of the Deputy President of the Government in charge of economic affairs ... 

FAO Sudan held an inception workshop to kick off activities for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) project entitled,  “Gums for Adaptation and Mitigation in Sudan (GAMS),” focused on enhancing the adaptive capacity of local communities and restoring the carbon sink potential of the Gum Arabic belt, as part of efforts to expand Africa’s Great Green Wall...

Stakeholders gathered in Yerevan, Armenia to launch the start of an FAO-led Green Climate Fund project aimed at increasing forest cover in the country and reducing the fuelwood demands of rural communities. Armenia is highly vulnerable to climate change. Its population depends heavily on fuelwood...

Poor women whose livelihoods depend on agriculture and natural resources are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, such as extreme weather events, droughts, floods and temperature rise. Gender action is interwoven into FAO’s entire GCF project portfolio to ensure that women and girls have a leading role to play as change-makers...

With a population of about 65 million, Small Island Developing States are on the front line of the climate emergency, bearing the brunt of more frequent and intense extreme weather events, increasing temperatures and sea level rise, all of which threaten people’s livelihoods and food security. In its role as a GCF Readiness Delivery Partner, FAO works...