2nd World Forum on Urban Forests

16/10/2023 - 20/10/2023

The 2nd edition of WFUF will take place in Washington DC, from 16 to 20 October 2023.  The overall theme will be: Greener, Healthier and Happier...

City Region Food Systems (CRFS) Assessment and Planning Handbook and Toolkit

04/05/2023

A climathon for students to tackle climate change challenges in secondary cities: Feedback from 3 recent experiences in Senegal, Burkina-Faso and Niger

25/04/2023

The FAO Green Cities Initiative will hold a virtual side event during the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2023 on "Accelerating the Recovery from the Coronavirus...

International Day of Forests

21/03/2023

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of...

Sustainable and resilient agri-food systems and green spaces for better African cities

28/09/2021

The Africa Climate Week (ACW) 2021 is the African virtual...

Launch of the Green Cities Regional Action Programme for Africa

21/06/2021

The high-level event featured a keynote address by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and included a virtual signing ceremony with mayors and governors...

Launch of the “FAO Green Cities Action Programme”

18/09/2020

FAO hosted “Green cities to build back better for SDGs - A new powerful venture” on the occasion of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly....