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FAO Members in Latin America and the Caribbean discuss how to reduce hunger and inequality in world’s largest agrifood exporting region. FAO

In Papua New Guinea, home to the world's third-largest rainforest, Indigenous Peoples are custodians of almost all the forested land. Now, they are being equipped with ground-breaking technology. These tools, which run on tablets or smartphones, will allow them to demarcate their forest and monitor the area to make sure that it stays healthy and intact from incursions. FAO

Climate change disproportionately impacts women farmers in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), causing billions of dollars of losses among female-headed farming households and widening the income gap among the rural poor, reveals a groundbreaking Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) report. FAO

IFAD President Alvaro Lario visited Solomon Islands to see first-hand how the UN agency is supporting communities dealing with extreme weather. IFAD

Addressing the annual ceremony in remembrance of the victims and survivors of the Holocaust, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “all of us – leaders and citizens – have a responsibility” to listen to Holocaust survivors, “to learn from what you have to say, and to act on it, by condemning these terrible crimes against our common humanity.” UNIFEED

Agriculture can play a central role in climate action while ensuring global food security, said Kaveh Zahedi, head of climate division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). His comments came as 2023 was confirmed to be the warmest year on record. FAO

The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, said, “Together, all actors must work jointly to transform food systems to adapt to climate change and ensure global food security, compatible to the 2030 Agenda.” UNIFEED

According to a new report, close to $7 trillion is invested globally each year in activities that have a direct negative impact on nature from both public and private sector sources. UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned, “We are living through climate collapse in real-time – and the impact is devastating.” UNIFEED

Today marks the admission of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) bonds on the LSE’s Sustainable Bond Market and the first time a United Nations Fund and specialized agency has listed its sustainable bond on the LSE market since the World Bank Group. IFAD