Events

FAO at COP16

21/10/2024 - 01/11/2024

The 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, including the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), will be held in Cali, Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024, under the theme “Peace with Nature”.

FAO at COP29

11/11/2024 - 22/11/2024

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) hosted by Azerbaijan in Baku will take place between 11-22 November. The Conference is a landmark event in the global effort to combat climate change and ensure food security for present and future generations.

Regional Meeting of the Chairs of National Parliaments’ Committees on Agriculture

22/10/2024 - 23/10/2024

Increasing the connections among parliamentarians in the Europe and Central Asia region is key to supporting food systems transformation. In line with this, as a follow-up to the Global Parliamentarian Meeting in June 2023 in Chile and FAO’s preparatory meeting of five chairs of Agrarian Committees from Albania, Armenia, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine in October 2023, FAO...

World Food Day convoy 2024

16/10/2024

More than 20 partner companies will join the nineteenth food donation convoy marking World Food Day 2024. Matching this year’s theme ‘Right to foods for a better life and a better future’, the heavy vehicles will roll through Budapest carrying food donations for needy families.

EU CAP Network workshop ‘Promoting pollinator-friendly farming’

Hybrid Event, 18/06/2024 - 19/06/2024

In line with the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, the EU Pollinators Initiative and the Nature Restoration Law under the European Green Deal, this EU CAP Network workshop aims to support sustainable agriculture by sharing innovative pollinator-friendly farming practices and systems that promote knowledge exchange and cooperation between different actors in this field.

Advancing on green policies for agrifood systems transformation in Europe and Central Asia

Hybrid Event, 29/05/2024 - 31/05/2024

The Regional Conference on Green Agriculture is organised by the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and it will take place in Yerevan, Armenia, and online.

The main objective of the conference is to discuss and exchange experiences on green agriculture and examine the status of green innovation, technology and polices for advancing green transformation of the ...

National workshop on green agriculture in Kazakhstan

19/04/2024

The event aims to introduce green agriculture as a holistic framework for transforming these systems, aligning them with sustainable practices to support Kazakhstan's green economy strategy.

Launch of the European State of the Climate 2023 report

Hybrid Event, 22/04/2024

The launch of the new European State of the Climate 2023 (ESOTC 2023) report will held on 22nd April at 12:30-13:30 (CEST) at WMO Headquarters, Geneva and online, where the key findings of the report will be presented by experts from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

15th International LANDNET Workshop

05/06/2024 - 07/06/2024

The 15th International LANDNET workshop will take place from 5 to 7 June 2024 in Middelburg, Netherlands. The workshop is organized by FAO REU together with Kadaster and the Province of Zeeland in the Netherlands. The indoor sessions of the workshop will be streamed via YouTube.

Conference on Bio- and Phyto-Remediation Technologies for Contaminated Agricultural Soil Towards Green Agriculture

Hybrid Event, 16/04/2024

In Central Asia, cost-effective approaches are needed to have a realistic chance for remediating the large volumes of contaminated agricultural soil. Since this is a challenging issue in the ...