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FAO and the IPCC – linking the science to climate action at country level

07/10/2019

At a high-level discussion on the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) called...

Agriculture experts call for harmonized guidelines on climate action

02/10/2019

Agriculture experts from 36 countries gathered in Rome from 25-27 September to exchange ideas on ways to implement the Koronivia Joint Work on...

Joining forces to fight climate change in Senegal: the SAGA has begun

27/09/2019

Dakar - The Government of Senegal, together with the Government of Quebec, FAO, and over seventy representatives from the public,...

New pathway for food systems development

26/09/2019

FAO’s leader points to the need to turn food systems into accelerators of the SDGs

Planet satellites bolster FAO’s geospatial toolkit

23/09/2019

Innovative forest monitoring platform SEPAL 2.1 goes mobile

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Rural youth: protecting the climate through innovation

22/09/2019

How FAO projects are encouraging youth to embrace technology and take the lead in the fight against climate change

A Great Green Wall for Cities

20/09/2019

FAO’s Director-General announces new plan to support nature-based solutions to climate change

FAO, EU boost early warning system on climate in Tajikistan

13/09/2019

Because every facet of agricultural activity depends on the weather, unpredictable weather patterns caused by climate change and other meteorological...

New FAO paper on drought preparedness launched at UNCCD COP14

11/09/2019

Report provides new insights on managing droughts to safeguard food security