Climate Change

Publications

Data & Tools
Agroecology Knowledge Hub database
2016

Agroecology plays an important role in contributing to the eradication of hunger and extreme poverty, and as a means to facilitate the transition to...

Publications
The State of Food and Agriculture, climate change, agriclture and food security
2016

The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, represents a new beginning in the global effort to stabilize the climate before it is too late. It recognizes...

Infographic
The El Niño Phenomenon
2016

An El Niño state occurs when the central and eastern equatorial Pacific sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) are substantially higher than usual. The...

Submission
Submission C: Submission to the UNFCCC on Issues relating to agriculture: adaptation measures
2016

This submission presents views and proposals relating to workshop topic C “Identification of adaptation measures, taking into account the diversity...

Submission
Submission to the UNFCCC in support of the launch of a Technical Examination Process on Adaptation in the period 2016 – 2020 (A-TEP)
2016

For consideration at SBSTA 44 in May 2016, this submission 'concrete opportunities for strengthening resilience, reducing vulnerabilities and increasing...

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Livestock diversity helps cope with climate change
2016

Livestock diversity or animal genetic resources are terms used to describe the pool of 38 species of domesticated birds and mammals with more than...

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Pulses and Climate Change
2016

The changing climate will continue to put pressure on agricultural ecosystems, particularly in regions and for populations that are...

Publications
Dimitri Newsletter. no.28 Gender, Resilience and Climate Change
2016

March 2016 - Two important events - the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 and COP21 on development and climate change, led to unprecedented...

Publications
Strengthening Resilience to Threats and Crises
2016

An overview of FAO's efforts to both respond to and increase the resilience of smallholders’ livelihoods, their communities and countries to natural...