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FAO formally launches Green Cities Initiative in Cameroon
21/04/2024
Yaoundé - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations today held an official launch here of its Green Cities Initiative, which is already...
Sahelian students partner with FAO offices in 'Climathon VIVRE 2023'
22/03/2023
Youth in the Sahel are developing solutions to mitigate local climate challenges from flooding barriers to plastic waste reduction and city waste management...
“Green Cities, a pathway for agrifood systems transformation in the urban agenda”
10/03/2023
Webcast on the Brussels Briefing on “Green Cities, a pathway for agrifood systems transformation in the urban agenda” that took place on 10 March.
The...
As the pace of urbanization quickens in Asia-Pacific, so too does the threat of urban food insecurity – UN agencies report
24/01/2023
Asia’s cities are growing at such a fast pace that nearly 55 percent of the region’s enormous population is expected to reside in urban areas by 2030,...
Leveraging urban and local agrifood systems for sustainable transformation
20/01/2023
Urban greenery helps avert multiple crises for dryland cities, FAO report shows
21/12/2022
Rapidly expanding cities in very dry parts of the world must be turned into "green urban oases" to ensure they become both healthier places to live...
Waste to Gold? Bioeconomy innovations for green cities
21/10/2022
Gilles Martin and Hervé Levite sit down to talk to the FAO Bioeconomy team about FAO's Green Cities Initiative and how sustainable...
Changing the urban landscape. Greening city living
01/10/2022
For most of human history, people around the world lived in small communities. However, over the past few centuries – and particularly in recent decades...
The Arbor Day Foundation and FAO recognise 120 Tree Cities of the World
30/03/2021
The Arbor Day Foundation, along with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today announced the cities recognised through...