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This Guidance is a key product of the Think.Eat.Save campaign and the FAO/UNEP Sustainable Food Systems Programme, as well as the SAVE FOOD Initiative. It provides clear and comprehensive steps for governments, businesses and other organisations to develop strategies, programmes and activities to prevent and reduce food and drink waste, and to achieve the associated financial savings…

Water, energy and food are essential for human well-being and sustainable development. Global projections indicate that demand for freshwater, energy and food will increase significantly over the next decades under the pressure of population growth and mobility, economic development, international trade, urbanisation, diversifying diets, cultural and technological changes, and climate change…

This booklet provides examples of climate-smart systems by showcasing some FAO success stories in various countries. The cases have been selected from the FAO Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Sourcebook launched in 2013 to show the diversity of potential options across different regions and agricultural systems also covering subjects such as biodiversity and gender.

In developing countries, increased food production will be achieved by cultivating marginal and fragile lands. Degraded lands, from moderate to highly degraded status, make up to 50% of the world’s land. Land degradation, desertification and drought affect more than 1.5 billion people in 110 countries, 90% of whom live in low-income areas. The majority of agricultural land in developing…

The sustainable development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is threatened by new and emerging environmental issues. Policy-makers can forge pathways to sustainable economic growth by recognising the intimate inter-linkages between social, economic and environmental challenges and by identifying the many opportunities SIDS can harness to facilitate their transition to an…

Renewables have entered the mainstream. This is welcome news as we begin the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL), mobilising towards universal access to modern energy services, improved rates of energy efficiency, and expanded use of renewable energy sources by 2030. While this year’s Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) clearly documents advancements in the uptake of…