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.

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

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

Title	Type	Date
Gender action plan for FP142: Argentina REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016 FAO FP142	Gender action plan	19 Nov 2020
Gender action plan for FP145: RELIVE – REsilient LIVElihoods of vulnerable smallholder farmers in the Mayan landscapes and the Dry Corridor of Guatemala FAO FP145	Gender action plan	19 Nov 2020
Gender action plan for SAP019: 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 FAO SAP019	Gender action plan	19 Nov 2020
Gender assessment for FP142: Argentina REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016 FAO FP142	Gender assessment	19 Nov 2020
Gender assessment for FP145: RELIVE – REsilient LIVElihoods of vulnerable smallholder farmers in the Mayan landscapes and the Dry Corridor of Guatemala FAO FP145	Gender assessment	19 Nov 2020
Gender assessment for SAP019: 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 FAO SAP019	Gender assessment	19 Nov 2020
Gender action plan for SAP015: Promoting zero-deforestation cocoa production for reducing emissions in Côte d’Ivoire (PROMIRE) FAO SAP015	Gender action plan	07 Oct 2020
Gender assessment for SAP015: Promoting zero-deforestation cocoa production for reducing emissions in Côte d’Ivoire (PROMIRE) FAO SAP015	Gender assessment	07 Oct 2020
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP142: Argentina REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016 FAO FP142	Environmental and Social Safeguards report	05 Oct 2020
Gender action plan for FP134: Colombia REDD+ Results-based Payments for Results Period 2015-2016 FAO FP134	Gender action plan	07 Sep 2020

Pages

News & Stories

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.

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

Mr Roberto Ridolfi
Assistant Director-General, Programme Support and Technical Cooperation Department

Phone +39 0657 0501 46
TC-ADG@fao.org

Mr. Alexander Jones
Director, Climate and Environment Division

Phone +39 0657 0523 31
CBC-Director@fao.org