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FAO at the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30)
Belém, Brazil, 10–21 November 2025
The 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), hosted by Brazil, will bring together world leaders, experts and organizations to advance global action on climate change.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will participate in COP30 to highlight the central role of sustainable and resilient agrifood systems in achieving climate goals and ensuring food security for the 1.2 billion people whose livelihoods depend on them.
On 7 November 2025, FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu will deliver a statement at the Belém Climate summit.
At COP30, FAO will work with countries and partners to keep agriculture and food security at the center of discussions on the Global Goal on Adaptation, loss and damage, nationally determined contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), climate finance, technology and just transition.
FAO is supporting the COP30 Presidency’s Action Agenda, including new initiatives on Agriculture, Forests and Bioeconomy. The Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership, hosted by FAO, will continue to serve as a COP-to-COP mechanism ensuring agrifood systems remain central to negotiations and post-COP implementation.
The FAO-hosted Global Fire Management Hub has been recognized by the COP30 Presidency as a key delivery mechanism for the Call to Action on Integrated Fire Management and Wildfire Resilience to be announced at the Belém Leaders’ Summit.
FAO will co-host the Food and Agriculture Pavilion with CGIAR for the fourth consecutive year and contribute to the Forest Pavilion as Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests.
Key events involving FAO at COP30
6–7 November – Belém Climate Summit
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu will join heads of state and government, ministers and leaders of international organizations for the launch of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility and the Call to Action on Integrated Fire Management and Wildfire Resilience, both supported by FAO.
14 November – Ocean-climate-biodiversity nexus.
As global recognition of the ocean-climate-biodiversity link grows, this event will explore how UN-Oceans can help States align frameworks to tackle shared challenges and advance sustainable development. (Blue Zone – side event room 6)
17 November – Forests, Oceans and Biodiversity
Building on the Belém Climate Summit Call to Action on Integrated Fire Management and Wildfire Resilience, the Global Fire Management Hub will be featured as a key solution (15:30-16:30, Axis II thematic room). 
Presentation of new FAO reports on “Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agrifood systems” and “Update on scientific findings on the interactions between agriculture, food systems, and climate change.” (9:30-10:30, Blue Zone, Science for Climate Action Pavilion).
18 November – Forests, Oceans and Biodiversity
Regional Cooperation on Agriculture and Climate Change: The PLACA Experience (12h40 – 13h55, Auditorium 1 Agrizone space, Pavilhão Brasil)
Unlocking Climate Finance for Agrifood Transformation and Climate Action event (Blue Zone, Side Event Room 4, 18:30-20:00).
19-20 November – Agriculture and Food Security
Launch of RAIZ: Resilient Agriculture Investment for net-Zero land degradation (RAIZ) is a global effort offering a ‘quadruple-win’ for climate, biodiversity, food security and to address desertification. (19 November, 10:30-12:00, Blue Zone, Room Parnaíba).
Presentation of FAO’s new publication “Climate-related development finance to agrifood systems, Global and regional trends – 2025 report.” (19 November, 12:30-14:00, Blue Zone, Room São Francisco).
Presentation of Aquadapt, a framework for practical climate-change adaptation in aquaculture, to build resilience from farm to governance.
Ministerial Roundtable: PLACA – Driving Coordinated Climate Action in Agrifood Systems (19 November, 16:15 – 17:15, Blue Zone, Cumara Room)
FAO will also promote/launch new publications and policy briefs before and during COP30: 
Update on scientific findings on the interactions between agriculture, food systems, and climate change  
Advanced link: https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6901en  
Expected release date: 10 November 
Analysis of Global National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) 
Expected release date: 18 November 
Climate-related development finance to agrifood systems, Global and regional trends – 2025 report  
Expected release date: 19 November 
Climate and biodiversity benefits of forests and trees for agriculture 
Expected release date: 19 November
Delivering a just transition for agrifood systems at COP30 
Expected release date: tbc 
Extreme heat and agriculture: Impacts, risks and adaptation 
Expected release date: 13 November 
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Interview with Kaveh Zahedi, FAO’s Director for Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment
FAO at COP30 
Food & Agriculture Pavilion @COP30 
FAO’s work on climate change 
FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022-2031 
Climate Change Knowledge Hub   
RAIZ – Resilient Agriculture Investment for net Zero land degradation 
Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership 
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