The FAO Regional Offices for Near East and North Africa (FAORNE) and Europe and Central Asia (REU), jointly with the Office of Chief Statistician (OCS), organized a follow-up meeting on the resources to support decentralized offices in accelerating FAO monitoring of SDGs. The objective of the meeting was to discuss with...

The twelfth meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) will be held virtually from 2 to 4 November 2021. This annual meeting is open to all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and stakeholders. The IAEG-SDGs was established by the Statistical Commission at its 46th session to develop an...

The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 12 November 2021. The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

How we measure the sustainability of marine capture fisheries is the focus of an FAO e-learning course that aims to help countries track progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)  “Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels”. The course will allow participants to delve deeper into the main definitions and concepts...

On the road to Glasgow COP26, FAO Land and Water Division, as coordinator of the UN-Water Expert Group on Water Scarcity, is now releasing a new Brief on Water Use Efficiency (WUE) to advance climate goals through water-energy nexus lens, across all sectors, to ensure sustainable use of freshwater in preventing water...