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...

This is the first project of its kind to be implemented in the Sultanate of Oman aimed at conducting studies, raising awareness and developing solutions to key climate change threats to the country’s agriculture and water sectors, such as sea water intrusion into aquifers and increasing water scarcity.

Greenhouse gas emissions from agri-food sectors represent around 34 percent of the total. But agriculture is also one of the areas most affected by climate change. So it is in a unique position to offer solutions...

A common understanding is taking root: The way we produce food mirrors our relationship with each other and nature. But when we zoom in on today’s agri-food systems, we see the cracks in our relationship with nature. Unsustainable agriculture is a major driver of climate change; at the same time, climate change threatens food production in some of the world’s poorest areas. So how do we fix the system?

Meeting the climate challenge starts with transforming food and agriculture. Here are four FAO-led Green Climate Fund projects tackling climate change head-on...

Agriculture is the world’s largest user of freshwater and rainwater, accounting for more than 70 percent of global withdrawals. Yet, sustainable agriculture offers a solution...

Did you know? The number of FAO-led funding proposals approved by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) grew exponentially in 2019 – from two in 2018 (in El Salvador and Paraguay) to six in 2019 – with projects in Chile, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, and Pakistan. This raised the value of the portfolio to USD 426.6 million...

Indigenous peoples are the guardians of 80 percent of global biodiversity, and are critical stakeholders in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Through its Green Climate Fund (GCF) projects in El Salvador and Paraguay, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is supporting country efforts to access climate finance so that people can build more resilient livelihoods...

Countries grappling with the impacts of climate change coupled with the socio-economic fallout that resulted from the pandemic are seeking ways to rebuild their economies, promote green growth and increase resilience to climate shocks. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has secured USD 1.8 million in GCF grants...

Did you know that you can eat chocolate and fight climate change too? Cocoa that is produced sustainably under dense and diverse tropical forest canopies can help developing countries lower their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and achieve their climate goals...

Key actors in the climate finance and international development arena joined together on 20 May 2021 to discuss the climate change-related challenges African countries face, and the opportunities to access Green Climate Fund (GCF) resources for mitigation and adaptation projects...

Land is our lifeblood. About 95 percent of our food is either directly or indirectly produced on land, yet desertification and drought threaten to dry out fertile soils and leave millions food insecure... 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recognizes that Indigenous Peoples offer game-changing solutions in the race to net zero. Currently, agri-food systems account for about one-third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...