Frequently Asked Questions
Food and nutrition security occurs when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their daily energy needs and lead an active and healthy life.
Food and nutrition security, then, has four dimensions: the availability of food, access to that food, its utilization, and the stability of the three previous dimensions.
According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), climate change is: a climate change attributed directly or indirectly to human activity, that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and that adds to the natural variability of the weather observed over comparable time periods.
Capacity of a system, a community or a society potentially exposed to risk factors to adapt, resist or change in order to reach and maintain an acceptable level of functioning and structure. It is determined by the degree to which the social system is able to organize itself to increase its capacity to learn from past catastrophes in order to be better protected in the future and to improve risk reduction measures.
Adaptation to climate change refers to adjustments in natural or human systems in response to actual or projected climatic stimuli, or their effects, that mitigate harm or take advantage of beneficial aspects. Different types of adaptation can be distinguished, such as preventive and reactive, public and private, or autonomous and planned.
Aquaculture farms with a small volume of production and/or a relatively small surface area, mainly without permanent work and typically lack the technical and financial capacity to face individual certification.
The normative and operational principles of South-South Cooperation are solidarity, ownership and national leadership; mutual benefit, partnership among equals, non-conditionality, complementarity and respect for national sovereignty and non-interference in internal affairs; furthermore, mutual accountability and transparency, development effectiveness, coordination of data and results-based initiatives; multi-stakeholder approach.
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a global fund created in 2010 by the 194 countries that are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The GCF helps developing countries limit or reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to climate change.
The GCF recognizes the need to ensure that developing countries take ownership of climate change finance and integrate it into their own national action plans. Developing countries appoint a Designated National Authority (DNA) that acts as the interface between their government and the GCF, and is in charge of approving GCF project activities within the country.
To access resources from the GCF, the countries work together with Accredited Entities, such as the FAO, which support the DNAs to develop financing proposals to be considered by the Fund, and to supervise and manage their respective projects.
For more information see www.greenclimate.fund
Global Environment Facility (GEF), a partnership of 18 agencies and 183 countries to address the world's most complex environmental issues of biodiversity, climate change, land degradation, chemicals and international waters.
Developing countries and countries with economies in transition can access GEF funds to meet the objectives of international environmental conventions.
More information www.thegef.org