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FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment

About

The Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) supports countries and stakeholders in responding to the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation, through resilient and sustainable agriculture and food systems.

OCB focuses on how the work for a better environment can contribute to better production, better nutrition and better lives.

Teams
Biodiversity mainstreaming

Team leader
Frederic Castell

Climate policy and strategy

Team leader
Inkar Kadyrzhanova

Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Team leader
Dan Leskien

Climate action support

Team leader
Martial Bernoux

Energy-smart food systems

Team leader
Michela Morese

Environmental sustainability

Team leader
Lev Neretin

Environmental and social safeguards
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

Team leader
Endo Yoshihide

Global Environment Facility

Team leader
Jeffrey Griffin

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Green Climate Fund

Team leader
Nadine Valat

International Plant Treaty

Team leader
Kent Nnadozie

Role

OCB provides a cross organizational coordination role on issues related to climate change, biodiversity and the environment The office assists FAO Members and partners in their responses to the interlinked challenges of food security, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation through action supported by tools, knowledge, and data, funder the following key areas:

  • Global and regional policy, governance, and advocacy.
  • National policy and planning (including Nationally Determined Contributions, National Adaptation Plans, and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans).
  • Scaling up action and implementation at the local level.
  • Access to environment and climate finance (Global Environment Facility, Green Climate Fund, and the Food, Plant Treaty Access and Benefit Sharing Fund).

OCB hosts the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme, the Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and leads FAO’s work on environmental and social safeguards.

In addition, OCB is the focal point for major multilateral environmental agreements including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).