Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO

  • Type International
  • Date of accreditation 14 Oct 2016

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is an international organization whose main goals are the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition; the elimination of poverty and the driving forward of economic and social progress for all; and the sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, including land, water, air, climate and genetic resources for the benefit of present and future generations.

Accreditation timeline

Accreditation term 1

04 Oct 2018 - 03 Oct 2023

Accreditation date

14 Oct 2016

AMA execution date

08 Jun 2018

AMA effectiveness

04 Oct 2018

Term end date

03 Oct 2023

Accreditation term 2

Pending

Re-accreditation date

25 Oct 2023

AMA execution date

Pending

AMA effectiveness

Pending

Term end date

Pending

Entity details

  • Size
    • Micro
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large
  • Environmental and social risk category
    • Category C
    • Category B
    • Category A
    • Intermediation 3
    • Intermediation 2
    • Intermediation 1
  • Fiduciary standards
    • Basic
    • Project management
    • Grant award
    • On-lending/blending:
    • Loan
    • Equity
    • Guarantee
    • Blending

Projects

FP202
Adaptation

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Upscaling Ecosystem Based Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Rural Communities in the Valles Macro-region of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (RECEM-Valles)

FP201
Cross-cutting

Philippines (the)

Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Climate Change (APA)

FP199
Adaptation

Cambodia

Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)

FP188
Cross-cutting

Gambia

Climate Resilient Fishery Initiative for Livelihood Improvement in the Gambia (PROREFISH Gambia)

FP187
Cross-cutting

Benin

Ouémé Basin Climate-Resilience Initiative (OCRI) Benin

FP159
Mitigation

Congo

PREFOREST CONGO - Project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from forests in five departments in the Republic of Congo

FP155
Adaptation

Jordan

Building resilience to cope with climate change in Jordan through improving water use efficiency in the agriculture sector (BRCCJ)

SAP019
Cross-cutting

Sudan

Gums for Adaptation and Mitigation in Sudan (GAMS): Enhancing adaptive capacity of local communities and restoring carbon sink potential of the Gum Arabic belt, expanding Africa’s Great Green Wall

FP145
Adaptation

Guatemala

RELIVE – REsilient LIVElihoods of vulnerable smallholder farmers in the Mayan landscapes and the Dry Corridor of Guatemala

FP142
Mitigation

Argentina

Argentina REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016

SAP015
Mitigation

Côte d'Ivoire

Promoting zero-deforestation cocoa production for reducing emissions in Côte d’Ivoire (PROMIRE)

SAP014
Cross-cutting

Armenia

Forest resilience of Armenia, enhancing adaptation and rural green growth via mitigation

FP134
Mitigation

Colombia

Colombia REDD+ Results-based Payments for results period 2015-2016

FP126
Cross-cutting

Cuba

Increased climate resilience of rural households and communities through the rehabilitation of production landscapes in selected localities of the Republic of Cuba (IRES)

FP120
Mitigation

Chile

Chile REDD-plus results-based payments for results period 2014-2016

FP118
Cross-cutting

Nepal

Building a Resilient Churia Region in Nepal (BRCRN)

FP116
Cross-cutting

Kyrgyzstan

Carbon Sequestration through Climate Investment in Forests and Rangelands in Kyrgyz Republic (CS-FOR)

FP108
Adaptation

Pakistan

Transforming the Indus Basin with Climate Resilient Agriculture and Water Management

FP089
Cross-cutting

El Salvador

Upscaling climate resilience measures in the dry corridor agroecosystems of El Salvador (RECLIMA)

FP062
Cross-cutting

Paraguay

Poverty, Reforestation, Energy and Climate Change Project (PROEZA)

Documents

News + Stories

Funding and subsidiary agreements signed on the same day between GCF, FAO, and Government of Cambodia, accelerating implementation of a new climate resilient agricultural project in Cambodia

21 Mar 2023 / The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed a project agreement, referred to as a Funding Activity Agreement (FAA) to rapidly begin the implementation of a USD 42.9 million project (with USD 36.2 million in GCF financing) that will increase the climate resilience of agricultural production in the Northern Tonle Sap Basin (NTSB), one of Cambodia's most important agricultural regions.

GCF partners with FAO on two major climate-resilience projects in Benin and the Gambia

21 Jul 2022 / GCF and FAO have signed an agreement for $60 million in funding for two new major projects that will improve climate-resilience in Benin and the Gambia. These cross-cutting mitigation and adaptation projects were approved at the most recent GCF Board meeting in Incheon, South Korea. GCF will provide over USD 35 million in funding for both projects.

Amazon indigenous peoples hold key to forest’s future

26 Aug 2021 / The indigenous peoples of the Amazon have a key stake in our planet’s future. The release of the vast carbon reserves stored in the world’s largest rainforest would bring dire consequences for all of us. It is still possible to preserve the Amazon, but only by also focusing on the livelihoods of its indigenous peoples. See how here.

GCF speeds up funding process to help meet urgent need for climate action

15 Nov 2019 / The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed implementation agreements for three climate finance projects immediately after they were approved by the GCF Board during its meeting on 12-14 November. The rapid move from Board approval to legal agreements represents a first for GCF in terms of accelerating the speed of available funding to meet the urgent need for climate action in developing countries.

GCF forum explores how to stem climate impact on world food security

28 Oct 2019 / The increasing severity of climate effects threatens to halt progress around the world in combatting a variety of development goals. That is why increasing flows of finance need to be directed towards bolstering food security by making agriculture more sustainable and climate resilient.

GCF and FAO break record in signing fastest ever project agreement, supporting climate-vulnerable Pakistan farmers

09 Jul 2019 / In a sign of accelerating climate finance flows, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed an agreement to implement a project by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to enhance the climate resilience of farmers in Pakistan’s Indus Basin. GCF signed the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) to transfer USD 35 million to the FAO project yesterday, less than 24 hours after it was approved by the GCF Board. The signing represents the fastest progression from project funding approval to a funding implementation agreement during GCF’s four years of operation.

Forests: A cause of climate concern, and hope

15 Aug 2018 / You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.

Forests: A cause of climate concern, and hope

14 Aug 2018 / You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.

UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization formalizes readiness support partnership with GCF

12 Nov 2016 / GCF signed a Readiness Framework Agreement to enable developing countries to partner with FAO on activities that enhance their access to GCF.

Contacts

Ms. Elizabeth A. Bechdol
Primary

Deputy Director-General
Phone +39 06 57051800
DDG-Bechdol@fao.org
Ms. Maria Helena Semedo
Secondary

Deputy Director-General