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FAO formally launches Green Cities Initiative in Cameroon
21/04/2024
Yaoundé - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations today held an official launch here of its Green Cities Initiative, which is already...
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Sahelian students partner with FAO offices in 'Climathon VIVRE 2023'
22/03/2023
Youth in the Sahel are developing solutions to mitigate local climate challenges from flooding barriers to plastic waste reduction and city waste management...
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“Green Cities, a pathway for agrifood systems transformation in the urban agenda”
10/03/2023
Webcast on the Brussels Briefing on “Green Cities, a pathway for agrifood systems transformation in the urban agenda” that took place on 10 March.
The...
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As the pace of urbanization quickens in Asia-Pacific, so too does the threat of urban food insecurity – UN agencies report
24/01/2023
Asia’s cities are growing at such a fast pace that nearly 55 percent of the region’s enormous population is expected to reside in urban areas by 2030,...
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Leveraging urban and local agrifood systems for sustainable transformation
20/01/2023
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Urban greenery helps avert multiple crises for dryland cities, FAO report shows
21/12/2022
Rapidly expanding cities in very dry parts of the world must be turned into "green urban oases" to ensure they become both healthier places to live...
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Waste to Gold? Bioeconomy innovations for green cities
21/10/2022
Gilles Martin and Hervé Levite sit down to talk to the FAO Bioeconomy team about FAO's Green Cities Initiative and how sustainable...
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Changing the urban landscape. Greening city living
01/10/2022
For most of human history, people around the world lived in small communities. However, over the past few centuries – and particularly in recent decades...
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The Arbor Day Foundation and FAO recognise 120 Tree Cities of the World
30/03/2021
The Arbor Day Foundation, along with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today announced the cities recognised through...