Climakers farmers leaders bring their experience of climate change to FAFO 2020
11 February 2020, Rome, Italy – "As farmers, we live very close to nature, closer than anyone else in the world. We are the ones who work with the sun or rain, snow or wind. We are the most threatened [...]
The Climakers Farmers Session at FAFO 2020
10 February 2020, Rome, Italy - Tomorrow morning, in the framework of the 7th Global Meeting of the Farmers’ Forum (FAFO 2020), as a gathering of Farmers, the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) will bring together farmers representatives of the Climakers’ [...]
Voices of the Farmers experiencing Climate Change
In May 2019 the Climakers finalised and started circulating a survey designed to capture the methods farmers are using to adapt to and resist climate change, as well as what resources they have available at their farm-level if any. The [...]
Farmers driving the Climate Agenda at COP25 Madrid
One year after the official launch of the Farmers Driven Climate Change Alliance, at COP24, in Katowice, Poland, the Climakers are back to share the first findings of their ambitious initiative. Madrid, Spain, December 5th, 2019 - On December 4th, [...]
The Climakers heading for UNFCCC COP 25 in Madrid
Rome, Italy, November 29th, 2019 - On Wednesday, December 4th, 2019, the members of the Farmers Driven Climate Change Alliance, namely the “Climakers”, will gather in Madrid, Spain, within the context of the UNFCCC COP 25 Farmers Day, to share [...]
Climakers Alliance European Workshop highlights crucial role of agriculture in combatting climate change
Brussels, Belgium, November 14th, 2019 - The Climakers Alliance, a union of farmers’ organisations, private sector actors, researchers and civil society groups that are committed to providing solutions to climate change, gathered for a European regional workshop in Brussels. The [...]
14 November – Don’t Miss the European Workshop of the Climakers
One week till the European Workshop, in Brussels, Belgium, and the Climakers have got their audience for their second regional consultation. There will be a full room of European farmers can’t wait to share their experience and insights on successful [...]
The European Workshop of the Climakers on 14 November
On November 14th, 2019 the European farming community will gather in Brussels, Belgium, to join the second Regional Consultation of the Climakers. Organised by the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA), this one-day event provides an excellent opportunity to discuss farmers’ challenges [...]
THE CLIMAKERS Regional Workshop in St. Kitts and Nevis
Regional Farmers met at the Royal St. Kitts Hotel in St. Kitts and Nevis to dialogue and share best practices in support of a grass roots approach to climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Farming community across the Caribbean [...]
THE CLIMAKERS First Regional Workshop – The Caribbean
The first of the regional workshops of the Climakers will be held in Saint Kitts, The Caribbean, from August 14th to 16th, 2019, to collect, discuss and validate solutions from the Caribbean. Solutions from each sector of the farming system, [...]
On the way to the Caribbean Regional Consultation
Rome, June 4th, 2019 - The Climakers are already on their way to the first Regional Consultation, that will take place from August 14th to 16th, 2019, in Saint Kitts and Nevis, Caribbean. The event will be hosted by the [...]
THE CLIMAKERS: Towards next fruitful meeting in Luxembourg
The members of the Farmers Driven Climate Change Alliance are already on their way to the second meeting that will be held on May 20th in Luxembourg, on the occasion of the World Farmers’ Organisation 2019 General Assembly. In preparation [...]
We are all in this together: putting the farmers at the centre of the global political discussion on agriculture and climate change
Rome, Italy, February 14th, 2019 – Last Tuesday, the members of the Farmers Driven Climate Change Alliance, namely the “Climakers”, gathered in the WFO Headquarters in Rome for their first technical meeting, after the launch event of the initiative [...]
THE CLIMAKERS: the first official meeting of the Farmers Driven Climate Change Alliance
Rome, February 7th, 2019 – Italy On Tuesday February 12th, 2019, the WFO Headquarters will host the first technical meeting of the “Climakers”, the members of the Farmers Driven Climate Change Alliance. The meeting will be the occasion to discuss [...]
The COP 24 Farmers Day brings a wind of change in the global political debate on climate
Katowice, Poland, December 5th, 2018 – “A global alliance that aims to bring together, first and foremost, all the farmers of the world to promote farmers’ contribution to the Paris Climate Agreement”. With these words Dr Theo De Jager, [...]
The “Farmers Driven Climate Change Agenda” about to be launched at the UNFCCC COP24
Katowice, Poland, December 4th, 2018 - On Wednesday, December 5th, at 11:30 am in the Pieniny Room - G Area, UNFCCC COP 24 will host the launch of “THE CLIMAKERS. Farmers Driven Climate Change Agenda”, a key event to advance [...]