Africa: New UN Guidelines Seek to Make Genetic Diversity Part of Climate Change Adaptation

25 November 2015

With the United Nations climate change conference in Paris just days away, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has issued new voluntary guidelines to assist countries in better managing and sustainably using genetic resources while addressing climate change.

"Genetic resources for food and agriculture will have to contribute greatly to our efforts to cope with climate change," said Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General for Natural Resources, adding that: "We need to act now to reduce the risk that the scale and speed of climate change will surpass our ability to ... use these resources in the field."

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