FAO emergencies and resilience

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Actions to make agriculture sustainable are among the most effective measures to help nations adapt to and mitigate climate change. 

FAO helps crisis-affected and at-risk populations to withstand future shocks by embedding resilience-building within humanitarian activities. This means addressing underlying vulnerabilities and reducing the risks faced by rural communities, for example through promoting and spreading disaster risk reduction and climate resilient production practices.

Building on decades of global experience and expertise, FAO is further integrating climate action into every facet of its work to support countries in facing these impacts. More-resilient farmers, foresters, herders and fishers can deliver transformative change that enhances their livelihoods and shields them from the negative impacts of climate change.

News
News
Seismic challenges for rural families in Syria
27/03/2023

FAO is helping earthquake victims resume food production and agricultural livelihoods

News
Eastern Africa drought: FAO welcomes a €25 million contribution from Germany to improve access to food and boost rural livelihoods in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and the Sudan
22/03/2023

Funds aim to provide time-critical emergency aid and livelihood support to build back self-reliance and protect the most vulnerable against shocks


News
Latest IPCC report highlights the critical need to transform agrifood systems as a way to mitigate and adapt to climate change
20/03/2023

FAO’s Strategy on Climate Change 2022-31 supports countries to make agrifood systems more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable

Publications
Publications
Food and nutrition security resilience programme in South Sudan: Endline survey report
05/2024

This report provides an overview of the impact evaluation findings of the FNS-REPRO project in South Sudan.

Publications
Resilience building in Ethiopia: FAO Programme Review 2024
04/2024

Under the resilience building programme, Ethiopia is a focus country for the regional initiative on Building Resilience in Africa’s Dry lands.

Publications
Resilience building in Liberia: FAO Programme Review 2024
04/2024

The FAO Regional Office for Africa (RAF) collaborates with several African countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Liberia, to enhance resilience...

 
 
Multimedia
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Leveraging social protection's role in climate adaptation in rural areas
23/02/2023

Small-scale producers contribute the least to climate change, but are the most at risk of welfare losses due to increasing global temperatures and extreme...

Video
The Impact of Disasters and Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security 2023
24/10/2023

Around the world, disasters are causing unprecedented levels of damage and loss in agriculture.

Video
Listening to Women: adapting to climate change
05/05/2022

Dryland areas are experiencing the devastating consequences of climate change through rapid desertification, increasing poverty and diminished soil...