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Earth Today | FAO gets implementing entity status with the Adaptation Fund

The Adaptation Fund has expanded its reach to identify and develop tangible climate-smart projects in vulnerable countries, with the recent approval of a new implementing partner in the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). FAO has become the...

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