In every crisis, women rise up to feed, to heal & to protect their communities.
On #WorldHumanitarianDay, we honour women like Lima, who dedicate their work to supporting Afghan women farmers, because gender equality is the foundation of food security and peace.
#ActForHumanity
Unseasonable precipitation is a major climatic hazard in Afghanistan, triggering flash floods that impact farming and herding communities.
@UNFCCC@nytclimate@GretaThunberg
Recent flash floods hit districts in Wardak hard, impacting farmers like Ibrahim.
@FAO & local partners are responding to deliver essential animal vaccines to protect surviving livestock. This is vital amid a Foot-and-Mouth disease outbreak already threatening rural livelihoods.
🌙 Ramadan Mubarak! From all of us at @FAOAfghanistan, we send our warmest wishes to everyone observing this holy month.
A time for reflection, gratitude and kindness—may it bring peace, joy and blessings to all✨
Eight things the world must do to avoid the worst of #ClimateChange
1. Stop methane emissions
2. Stop deforestation
3. Restore degraded land
4. Change what we eat
5. Go #RenewableEnergy
6. Use energy more efficiently
7. Stop burning #FossilFuels
8. #ActNow https://t.co/8wNURqsLfL
I am deeply shocked that 2 @UNRWA schools were struck in less than 24 hours in Gaza.
Dozens of people – many women & children – were killed & injured as they were seeking safety in @UN premises.
I reaffirm that our premises are inviolable.
It is with profound sadness that IPCC has learnt of the loss of Saleemul Huq, Director of @ICCCAD & an expert on the links between climate change & sustainable development. He was part of the author team of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Assessment Reports.
https://t.co/o9Y0zFMIOT
🔸🔹 7,000+ partnerships and voluntary commitments that support the implementation of the #SDGs 🔸🔹
👉 Check out our SDG Actions Platform to get inspired and act for a sustainable future: https://t.co/GQbzDCioXp
Women’s participation in aid delivery must continue.
Banning women from humanitarian work has immediate life-threatening consequences for all Afghans. Already, some time-critical programmes have stopped temporarily.
Full UN statement: https://t.co/FiBGrgFC7p
YACAP is are here at @HRPECPhils’s Myerkulet, their weekly film viewing. This week they showed Delikado, a documentary that highlights the fight of environmental defenders in Palawan and the dangers that they face because of the military and big businesses.
#DefendTheDefenders
Onshore wind is one of the cheapest forms of renewable power and will help to bolster the UK’s energy security
There are already 14 GW of onshore installed across the country, including at the UK’s largest onshore wind farm in Whitelee, just outside Glasgow
1/3
1/4.⚡️BREAKING⚡️: The text on the institutional arrangements to operationalize the #SantiagoNetwork for #LossAndDamage to provide technical assistance to countries and communities impacted by #LossAndDamage has now been agreed by all Parties at #COP27.
When there's 💧 for irrigation, #agriculture production increases & livelihoods are sustained.
We've rehabilitated the Chel Dokhtar Irrigation Scheme in Herat, which irrigates more than 2⃣0⃣0⃣ ha of land and directly impacts 1⃣0⃣8⃣5⃣0⃣ people's #FoodSecurity.
Funds: @JapanGov
Cash-for-work not only puts money in the pockets of Afghans, it also rehabilitates key #agriculture infrastructure to ensure sustainable production of food for domestic use as well as for agribusiness.
#WorldFoodDay2022#LeaveNoOneBehind
Efficient & inclusive agriculture ensures #BetterProduction of food & sustainable livelihoods.
In 2022, FAO has so far supported 745,307 people in Afghanistan with wheat cultivation assistance.
#WorldFoodDay2022
🆕FAO marks the #WorldFoodDay2022 to promote worldwide awareness & action for those who suffer from hunger.
It's being celebrated with multiple challenges: effects of the pandemic, conflict, climate change, rising prices & international tensions.
👉 https://t.co/kwMEI1spQr
What’s your recipe for a sustainable world?
For @FAO, actions are the main ingredient. Each & every one of us can do something to make sure no one is left behind.
5 actions that we can take to become #FoodHeroes 👇
#WorldFoodDay
In the face of global crises, global solutions are needed more than ever.
As individuals, we can play an important role in ensuring that no one is left behind.
We must all be the change.
Share this thread to help spread the word!
#WorldFoodDay2022