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High-Level Event Inception Meeting of the Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership
High-Level Event Inception Meeting of the Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership
10/12/2023

First launched as an initiative by the COP 27 Presidency, FAST seeks to serve as a connecting bridge between climate-related finance for agriculture...

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Climate finance for agrifood systems in sharp downward trend despite their critical role in reaching climate goals
10/12/2023

The amount of climate finance flowing to agrifood systems is strikingly low and continues to diminish compared to global climate finance flows, a new...

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COP28: FAO launches global roadmap process to eradicate hunger within 1.5°C limits
10/12/2023

The roadmap envisions transforming agrifood systems from a net emitter to a carbon sink based on the principle of a just transition.

Scaling up inclusive climate action through private sector engagement in agriculture and land-use
10/12/2023

Government, civil society, and private sector representatives underscored the important role that private financing and public-private partnerships...

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Guide to implementing a One Health approach at national level
10/12/2023

Recognizing the multitude of risks that a changing climate is having and will continue to have on the health of all life on earth, the launch took place...

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Ecosystem restoration to combat global warming, biodiversity loss and food insecurity
09/12/2023

This event, taking place on Nature, Lands, and Oceans Day at the COP 28, addressed the critical importance of a shared vision, standards of practice,...

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New FAO report maps pathways towards lower livestock emissions
08/12/2023

It is imperative to chart pathways to lower the greenhouse gas emissions produced by the world’s livestock systems in the face of a growing global population...

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Digging deeper into the arid terrain of the world’s largest landlocked country
05/12/2023

After years of soil degradation in western Uzbekistan, smallholder farmers like Adyl have turned to climate-smart techniques to tackle the impacts of...