The ocean continued to warm in 2025, reaching record high levels.

It is expected that the ocean will continue to warm well into the future – a change which is irreversible for hundreds to thousands of years.

Check out the #StateOfClimate 2025: bit.ly/StateOfClima...

@fao.org Food Price Index rose in March for 2nd month in a row largely due to conflict in the Near East.

Pressure on fertilizer supplies & elevated energy prices add uncertainty to markets despite a comfortable global food supply situation.

FAO Chief Economist @maximotorero.bsky.social explains.

Full image of Earth taken by the crew of Artemis II. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

How anybody can look at this image and think there are better options out there is entirely beyond me.

The only planet with whales, and butterflies, and giant sequoias. Home.

Artificial intelligence and the foundations of food systems research - Nature Food Artificial intelligence has recently become an invisible infrastructure shaping how knowledge is produced and applied in food systems. From data pipelines to policy modelling, artificial intelligence-...

Are current publication cultures equipped to distinguish between genuine analytical engagement and technical amplification? Do peer review systems have sufficient capacity to interrogate increasingly complex, AI-mediated analyses?
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Strategies for achieving healthy, sustainable, and equitable dietary transitions The industrialization of global food systems has led to dietary changes that harm both health and the environment. If global food systems are to meet the needs of a growing population for healthy, env...

The knowledge or willpower of consumers and producers is often overridden by the food environments shaped by midstream food value chain actors. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

UN General Assembly adopts landmark resolution to strengthen the work of the UN system The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a landmark resolution to strengthen how UN mandates - the decisions taken by Member States that guide the Organisation’s work - are created, impl...

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Moderate global warming does not rule out extreme global climate outcomes - Nature Extreme global climate outcomes may occur even under moderate 2 °C warming and may turn out to be more extreme than model-averaged projections at 3 °C or 4 °C warming.

Across multiple sectors, global climate outcomes at 2°C warming could be much more extreme than those expected in a 3°C or 4°C warmer world. This highlights the urgency of ambitious mitigation strategies aimed at limiting global warming well below 2°C.
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The Earth’s energy imbalance has reached a new high. In a stable climate, incoming energy from the sun is about the same as the amount of outgoing energy. But increasing greenhouse gas concentrations have upset the equilibrium.
🆕 #StateOfClimate 2025: bit.ly/StateOfClima...

#WorldMetDay

Nature underpins the economy: lessons from the IPBES business assessment A practice-focused reflection on the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment and what it means for organisational strategy, governance and systemic risk.

🌍 #DYK that biodiversity loss is a systemic risk to the global economy? From pollinators to wetlands, nature supports countless industries.

The 🏡 IPBES #BizBiodiversity report shows why nature matters for business.

🧪 More from Will Allen: https://ow.ly/lvEy50YrKm0

UN-Water meeting discussing preparations for 2026 UN Water Conference. Speakers stress opportunity to build progress on #SDG6 and demonstrate value of multilateral cooperation @un-water.bsky.social #WaterAction

A systematic review of sustainable food systems identifies socio-economic pathways driving food systems transformations - Nature Food Studies on food systems transformations are heterogeneous. This systematic review develops pathways aimed at six key food systems actors across socio-economic contexts that can shift food systems towa...

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Far more countries face critical food insecurity if world heats up by 2C, analysis shows Exclusive: Food systems of low-income nations projected to deteriorate seven times as fast as those of wealthy ones

Under a 4°C warming scenario, the score for low-income countries is projected to decline by 42%. In contrast, developed countries are projected to see a decline of only 6% – despite being the most responsible for global warming. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

State of the Global Climate 2025 WMO’s State of the Global Climate report 2025 confirms that 2015-2025 are the hottest 11-years on record, and that 2025 was the second or third hottest year on record, at about 1.43 °C above the 1850-...

Atmospheric CO2 reached a record high of 423.9 parts per million in 2024, the highest concentration in two million years. The concentration of two more GHGs, methane and nitrous oxide, also reached the highest levels on record in 2024.
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🔴 @fao.org information note on the potential impacts of the escalating conflict in the Middle East on global agrifood systems.

📄 Download👉 https://bit.ly/47aF7uz

🎧 Watch the full interview with @maximotorero.bsky.social & David Laborde for more: https://bit.ly/47y8jf0

Thirty-six solutions to stabilize Earth’s climate An updated visual assessment tool can bridge the gap between climate research and political action

New in Science: Researchers present a revised version of the “stabilization wedge” framework, first developed more than 20 years ago, which outlines 36 practical strategies to cut carbon emissions across diverse sectors.

Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4buI1N7

Is our galaxy’s black hole actually made of dark matter? An exotic type of dark matter could explain some of the characteristics of our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, but many cosmologists are leery of the idea

An exotic type of dark matter could explain some of the characteristics of our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, but many cosmologists are leery of the idea

Global patterns of commodity-driven deforestation and associated carbon emissions - Nature Food By integrating the best available spatial and statistical datasets, this analysis estimates the deforestation associated with the production of 184 agricultural and forestry commodities across 179 cou...

While global efforts to curb #deforestation appropriately focus on cattle meat, oil palm, rubber, soya, cocoa and coffee, global monitoring efforts have largely overlooked staple crops such as rice, maize and cassava.
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Climate security should be a bigger priority at the Munich Security Conference Anxiety over a fragmenting international security order seems to have pushed progress on climate risks down the agenda. But recent events show its continuing importance.

At the Munich Security Conference this weekend – long a barometer for global security priorities – climate change was largely absent. Recent global climate trends offer a warning. bit.ly/467M9Q7

Aid cuts for women and girls leads to instability that reaches us all Aid cuts for women and girls leads to instability that reaches us all

Opinion: A year of aid cuts will lead to generational harm among women and girls and worldwide effects on peace and stability.

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The science influencers going viral on TikTok to fight misinformation Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social media.

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FAO Villages Recognition Initiative YouTube video by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

“Food does not only feed the body, it feeds the soul,” once said @faodg.fao.org. He’s right. Food carries memory, identity & pride. We must cherish & protect our heritage. I can’t wait to hear which villages will make history in this 1st round of recognition 🌾
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Good health starts with a healthy environment - Nature Water Although it is widely recognized that safeguarding air, soil, and water is essential for protecting both animal and human health, efforts to protect the environment remain insufficient.

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Gender equality in science and innovation is critical for agrifood system transformation Promoting women and girls in STEM sectors strengthens the agrifood workforce, improves the relevance and impact of research and accelerates progress towards ...

My experiences as a woman scientist continue to shape how I understand the challenges and opportunities ahead. Gender equality in #science and #innovation is not a choice; it is fundamental to transforming agrifood systems. #IDWGS2026 #WomenInScience
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The @fao.org "Highlights" publication showcases a wide range of work, covering diverse scientific disciplines and multiple forms of innovation. Also features the guidance on strengthening national SPIs for agrifood systems.
SPI guidance: doi.org/10.4060/cd31...
Highlights: tinyurl.com/45nbjwzm

Women scientists are advancing climate resilience, nutrition, #biodiversity, and food safety and other areas worldwide.

Today, we celebrate their contributions and reaffirm
@fao.org's and the @planttreaty.bsky.social's commitment to inclusive, science-based solutions.

#WomenInScience

$7.3 trillion: Global public and private finance flows in 2023 with directly negative impacts on #nature, of which private finance accounted for $4.9 trillion, with public spending on
environmentally harmful subsidies of about $2.4 trillion.
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science | United Nations The purpose of the day is to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.

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A flyer for the new TABLE Report “Alternative proteins and better food futures: Moving beyond the binaries” by Joshua Rees, Tamsin Blaxter, and Tara Garnett with the logos of the United Nations Foundation, the University of Oxford and TABLE.

Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins?

TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.

Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd