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National climate actions cannot ignore the livestock sector
02 September 2022
02 September 2022
FAO launched a new initiative on Policy analysis to support nationally determined contributions for climate action in livestock systems to help countries better integrate livestock adaptation and mitigation interventions in their national climate action.
Healthy environment is a human right
17 August 2022
17 August 2022
Everybody has the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. This is how the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has declared a healthy environment as a universal human right. From the food...
Better livestock production improves family well-being and acts against climate change in Uruguay
16 August 2022
16 August 2022
With financial support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), FAO’s Livestock and Climate project approached producer organizations in Uruguay to assess the situation of individual farms and help implement climate smart strategies that not only enhance meat production but also...
The FAO Office of Evaluation has released the report of a recent project evaluation of the FAO Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership. The analysis covers the first three phases of the project (2012-2021) and presents...
The FAO Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership responded to an existing demand to advance towards a science-based benchmarking of the environmental performance of the livestock sector. This is how the FAO evaluation office salutes the multi-stakeholder...