FAO’s work on climate change

Climate variability and change reduces food productivity and production and adds a layer of pressure to already fragile food production systems. Drought, floods and hurricanes, ocean acidification and increasing sea levels, put people’s lives at risk. Livelihoods are also increasingly in jeopardy, as crops, livestock and fish resources and their ecosystems; agriculture, livestock and fishing infrastructure; as well as productive assets such as irrigation systems and livestock shelters are destroyed.
Climate change is an integral part of the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a set of 17 global goals that countries have adopted to end poverty and hunger, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. FAO has placed climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction at the core of its new Strategic Framework, focusing on increasing the resilience of livelihoods to risks, threats and crises. This document reports the main FAO achievements and key messages.