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At #GEFAssembly2026, @piedadmartinUN highlighted the growing role of transparency in driving climate action and agrifood systems transformation.
🌐👉Read more about @FAO's engagement on climate transparency: bit.ly/4eiDy05
#ClimateTransparency #ClimateAction
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FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity retweeted
🌡️ Extreme heat is already affecting crops, livestock, forests, fisheries & the people who produce our food.
@FAO-@WMO report on #ExtremeHeat & Agriculture shows the impacts & #ClimateAction needed to respond to this growing threat.
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FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity retweeted
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Plastics play an important role in agriculture, but policies to manage their environmental impacts have not kept pace.
This new @FAO report reviews the global policy landscape for plastics used in agrifood systems 👉 doi.org/10.4060/cd9212en
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FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity retweeted
Most children in #ChildLabour are in agriculture. @FAO keeps working with Members & partners to #EndChildLabour in agrifood systems by integrating child labour into policy, supporting livelihoods & climate resilience, & promoting social protection & gender equality. #4Betters
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From degraded land to thriving landscapes 🌿
The Great Green Wall is transforming lives across the Sahel, restoring ecosystems, creating jobs and strengthening food security for millions.
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FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity retweeted
At the Expert Meeting on #Agriculture and #Food (to inform the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report), experts urged moving beyond simply identifying adaptation options and focusing also on adaptation effectiveness, limits, and the cost of inaction
Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/fao-ipcc-expert…
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.@FAO is supporting climate negotiators at #SB64 in Bonn with a new publication on agriculture and food security under @UNFCCC.
Read why this is important in our news release⤵️ bitl.to/5uFZ
#JuneClimateMeetings #COP31
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News from @FAOGuatemala:
#Guatemala boosts actions to strengthen #ClimateResilience in the Dry Corridor.
A project launched by @marnguate and @MagaGuatemala, with support from @FAO and funding from @theGCF, led by @BCIE_Organd @CCADSICA
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🔹Guatemala impulsa acciones para fortalecer la resiliencia climática en el Corredor Seco.
🌱 Un proyecto impulsado por el @marnguate y @MagaGuatemala, con apoyo de @FAO y financiamiento del @theGCF liderado por @BCIE_Org y @CCADSICA.
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🌿In El Salvador, María Cristina uses a simple way to keep her lemon trees alive during the dry season.
With support from @FAO, @theGCF and the Government through the #RECLIMA project, she champions #climateresilience supporting other women farmers:
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Adapting to climate change can no longer wait.
And sometimes, it starts with simple actions: growing food close to home, planting fruit trees, cooking using less wood.
In Chérif Lô, Senegal, find out how #SAGA2 supports these local solutions.
🔗More: bit.ly/4xaUTRf
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Join BFA‑Net 🌿
Be part of #CGRFA global network on #biodiversity for food and agriculture.
Connect with experts, share experiences and stay informed on initiatives supporting resilient food systems.
🔗 shorturl.at/SwcdD
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FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity retweeted
3 weeks remain to contribute to the 1st global report on progress under the #KMGBF.
The draft report shows that the #KMGBF has driven record global engagement for nature. More actions are needed to achieve the 23 targets by 2030.
Peer review is open.
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#HappeningSoon | #COP17 in Armenia is just 5 months away.
Hear from @FAO’s @KavehZahedi2030 & incoming COP17 President & Environment Minister Hambardzum Matevosyan on why agrifood systems are key to accelerating action for #biodiversity.
🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=ndivo-JU…
#FAOArmenia
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🌎#ElNiño could begin within weeks, putting global agriculture on high alert.
@FAO warns of rising agricultural drought across key regions, threatening crops, livelihoods & food security.
Check out the full analysis, we need to act NOW:
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FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity retweeted
At opening of @FAO Council today, @FAODG highlighted the importance of the strong partnership with @theGEF and @theGCF for supporting countries shift towards more inclusive, resilient and sustainable agriculture and food systems and for confronting today's overlapping challenges.
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The 181st Session of @FAO Council started today.
Read the Opening Statement by @FAODG QU Dongyu here: bit.ly/4urhM0r
#CL181 #4Betters
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Agrifood systems can deliver solutions for climate, biodiversity, land and people.
Through the @GEF-funded #FoodSystemsIP, @FAO, @IFAD and partners are working with 32 countries to transform food systems from farm to table.
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#GEFAssembly2026
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📢 Call for submissions!
@World_FoodForum Youth Assembly and @FAO's Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment are collecting youth-led bioeconomy initiatives transforming agrifood systems worldwide.
Ages 18–35 | Deadline: 1 July
👉tinyurl.com/4phuh2rt
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Heading to the #JuneClimateMeetings (SB64) in Bonn?
Check out @FAO’s important new technical note on agriculture and food security under @UNFCCC which maps the path to #COP31
👉 doi.org/10.4060/cd9937en
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.@FAO welcomes the 9th replenishment of @theGEF, with $3.9 billion in initial pledges.
These resources will support countries in meeting their environmental commitments by advancing inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems.
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🌍🌱 #Biodiversity is the backbone of a healthy environment and of our agrifood systems.
On this #EnvironmentDay, discover FAO’s first e-learning course on biodiversity & agrifood systems.
Earn your certificate 👇
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