The conference, hosted by the Government of Cambodia through the Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable Intensification Consortium (CASIC), in close collaboration with FAO, ESCAP, CIRAD, the ASSET project, and partners, was held from 24-27 October 2023 in Siem Reap. It gathered over 200 participants from 21 countries and 95 institutions. FAO facilitated the...

Life-threatening heat waves, forest fires, hurricanes, droughts and floods mean that climate change must be tackled on a ‘war footing’. With agri-food systems responsible for close to 40% of total greenhouse gas emissions, food and farming need priority attention in government negotiations at COP 28. A rapid and substantial reduction...

Achieving Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) at landscape level is possible, but also very challenging, especially with scarce or non-existing data for making well-informed decisions. To tackle this, the Drylands Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program (DSL-IP), a multi-country endeavor supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), has developed its Integrated Landscape Assessment Methodology (ILAM), aimed to...

This brief puts the spotlight on trade policies as an engine of climate change, but also positions Fair Trade as a way of mitigating its impacts and fostering the transition towards more resilient and climate neutral supply chains; and protect human rights while creating equal benefits for all.

  This piece from Dr. Manuel Villalobos, Dr. Saruth Chan, Dr. Dao The Anh, senior officials from FAO member states, makes the case for agroecology as a ‘front line’, systemic solution to the climate crisis, while addressing multiple crises. Current food systems are responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions and...

This brief from Pesticide Action Network focuses on the climate footprint of pesticides, pointing out this under-researched area of concern, particularly given the rising attention to food systems and their climate footprints.  A key aspect is the impact of pesticides on soil health, and therefore the ability of soils to...