What is at stake if Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge is not passed down to today’s youth? Quite simply, the planet as we know it! The reality is that Indigenous Peoples are guardians to almost 80 percent of the world’s remaining biodiversity. Representing six percent of the global population, Indigenous Peoples’ territories cover 28 percent of the Earth’s surface.

Take a deep breath. Now ponder this: the big, blue ocean that covers 71 percent of the Earth produces over 50 percent of our oxygen. The ocean is also key to cooling the planet, absorbing 90 percent of the excess heat caused by global warming and capturing 25 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions. But harmful, human activities such as ...

The Gambia contributes just 0.01 percent to global greenhouse gas emissions, but climate change threatens the future supply of people’s main source of protein: fish. In this low-lying coastal nation, rich in biodiversity with over 600 fish species, poor fisherfolk depend on marine, coastal and riverine fisheries for their food security and livelihoods...

 A new FAO-led, Green Climate Fund readiness project was signed on 26 April 2023 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The project will support the low-emission and climate-resilient development of Georgia's agriculture sector. Growth of the agrifood sector is a priority for the Government, but that development is predicted to increase emissions by about 40 percent... 

Picture patches of tropical, dry forest separated by agricultural land stretched across the surface of six countries at the heart of the American continent. This is the Central American Dry Corridor, a 1 600-kilometre-long expanse through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, which is home to 11.5 million rural people...

Forests and trees play a crucial role in addressing climate change and achieving sustainable development by absorbing greenhouse gases and creating more sustainable landscapes. In Kyrgyzstan, more than 100 officials and experts attended a workshop to launch a project aimed at promoting a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy...

On March 27 and 30, NAP 2023 Expo, a global event where participating countries present their plans and programs on adaptation to climate change, took place in Santiago, Chile...

Did you know that the agriculture sector accounts for 72 percent of global freshwater withdrawals, making it the world’s largest water user by far? Currently, over 95 percent of our food is produced on land, and we will need 35 percent more water resources by 2050 if we are to increase global production of food, fiber and feed by 50 percent compared to 2012 levels...

Access to water is critical for family farmers in the Central American Dry Corridor, but climate change and environmental degradation pose a serious threat to their livelihoods. Celina del Carmen Alfaro is among the 1.3 million beneficiaries of the Reclima project that focuses on restoring degraded ecosystems for improved water and food security...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) decision to approve funding for three new projects in Bolivia, Cambodia and the Philippines, valued at $145.3 million. The national initiatives, supported by FAO, are focused on fostering climate change adaptation and ...

Empowering women in natural resource management is an integral part of the Building a Resilient Churia Region in Nepal (BRCRN) project, led by FAO with the financial support of the Green Climate Fund. One of the ways used to address gender inequality in the context of climate change is through art...

Rosa Amparo Díaz Cruz is a 42-year-old Salvadorean women working with her community to protect ecosystems and defend livelihoods. Like many women in her community, she grows vegetables, but water scarcity is a growing problem in the climate-stressed region. To improve crop production, Rosa and women from the AMUDES group...

Healthy soils act as the largest carbon sink on land with the potential to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and cool the planet. But unsustainable soil management practices lead to the loss of soil organic carbon and biodiversity, nutrient imbalance, and soil erosion, all of which threaten crop production...

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 these highlights from our two side events on how FAO works with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and key partners in the public and private sector to unlock climate finance for more sustainable and equitable agrifood systems...

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 ...