Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture (SCALA)
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Colombia's Sumapaz and Chingaza regions host vital habitats that provide essential water and food resources, while playing a crucial role in environmental and biodiversity conservation.
Since the Sustainable Development Goals were first launched in Paris in 2015, the focus of action has shifted as the 2030 deadline approaches.
When: Thursday, 7 September; 13:30 pm-14:30 pm (Kenya time)
Where: Nairobi, Kenya
Event type: In-person
Indigenous People’s ancestral traditional knowledge is deeply rooted in our planet and can serve as a guide to overcoming climate challenges.
Egypt is highly susceptible to the effects of climate change with risks such as rising sea levels, drought, and extreme heat, which are posing significant threats to fo
By Julie Teng, Technical Specialist on Adaptation Planning, and Lisa Baumgartner, Knowledge Management Specialist, Climate Promise
May 2023 - Ethiopia is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and the country is increasingly experiencing food insecurity, water scarcity, pests an
Type of event: In-person
When: Wednesday 31 May 2023, at 14:00 CEST
Where: Berlin, Germany
The NAP Expo is an annual outreach event organized by the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) under the UNFCCC to further National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes.
April 2023 - In recent years, hackathons have emerged as a powerful space for engaging youth in the fight against climate change.
April 2023 – Nepal is home of the Himalayas and a country with a unique topography, including the world's highest peaks and deep river val
When: Wednesday 29 March at 4:00pm-5:30pm (GMT-3)
Hosts: UNEP, UNDP, FAO
“Empower women and girls. Empowering women is the single most important way to ensure effective climate action.
This article was originally published on the FAO SHARP website on 9 Febr
February 2023 – Colombia has ideal growing conditions for agricultural production, but it’s also threatened by climate induced weather events, such as 
The Hackathon will be a 2-day virtual event hosted by the FAO-UNDP Support Programme on Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through NDCs and NAPs (SCALA) on Friday, 3 February a
November 2022 - Climate change undercuts food security, poverty reduction, and sustainable development goals across the world.
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 | 10:00 – 11:00 (GMT+2)
The FAO-UNDP SCALA programme, together with WWF, GAFF and Climate Focus have co-organized a hybrid side event, “Unloc
Saturday, 12 November 2022 | 12:30 – 14:00 (GMT+2)
The FAO-UNDP SCALA programme has organized a hybrid side event, “Supporting transformati
Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 14:30-15:30 (GMT+2)
Venue: Capacity-Building Hub
Date: Friday, 28 October 2022
Time: 14:30 - 15:30 GMT+2
October 2022 – Climate change impacts all members of society. Systemic gender discrimination within society creates a situation where men and women experience clim
October 2022 – The African continent is – historically and currently – the lowest contributor to the global GHG emissions, however, it’s the most
August 2022 – The Kingdom of Thailand is home to a rich and biodiverse landscape, extensive coastline and 936 islands; making this Southeast Asia tropical country a
This virtual webinar was hosted by the Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB) Network, organized by UNDP and FAO with the support of IKI.
September 2022 - Located in one of the world’s most water-scarce regions, Egypt is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
Wednesday 24 August 2022 at 14:00-15:30 CAT
The SCALA programme organized an in-person side event at the NAP EXPO 2022 in
Ninety percent of the world’s cocoa beans are grown and harvested on small, family-run farms in West Africa, and more than half of the world’s cocoa comes f
The global climate crisis is everyone’s business. Countries have committed to lower emissions and sustainable practices across all sectors.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has now published contributions by all three of its Working Groups to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).
In Ethiopia, changes in rainfall patterns are affecting smallholder farmers that are highly dependent on rain-fed agriculture and natural resources.
Climate change, nutrition and agri-food systems are major – but often separate – areas of work in countries, at institutions and for development and support programmes.
8 March 2022 – The momentum to address gender inequality in response to climate change is greater than ever as shown in the commitments made at COP26 and in countries’ nationally determined
The FAO-UNDP SCALA programme launched a Technical Assistance Facility to enhance private sector engagement in climate action.
November 2021 – Mongolia faces rates of warming far higher than the global average, with average temperatures already increasing by more than 2°C between 1940 and 2015 and future climate pr
October 2021- Sixty-percent of the Senegalese rural population works in the agriculture sector, producing cash crops like groundnuts and food crops like cereals, according to
October 2021 – Uganda is located on the Great African Plateau marked by the mountainous regions of its neighboring countries of Kenya, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwa
September 2021 - Our food security depends on the sustainable management of healthy ecosystems.
Tuesday, 27 July at 13:30-14:20 (CEST)
The joint-FAO and UNDP programme, Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through Nationally Determined Contributions and National
4 June 2021 – The world is still grappling with the profound economic, social, and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.