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Assessing climate resilience of vulnerable communities
Tools, studies and methodologies for assessing climate change vulnerability which can help climate change specialists incorporate adaptation planning into different sectors. They also allow farmers and pastoralists to self-assess and express their climate change-related concerns and interests.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Atlas of agricultural livelihoods and climate risk of the Lao People's Democratic Republic 2019–2020
- PDF CLIMAFRICA: Climate change predictions in sub-Saharan Africa: Impacts and adaptations
- Website Compendium on methods and tools to evaluate impacts of and vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
- PDF Delivery of climate services to last mile users: challenges and opportunities for scaling
- Website Drought portal - Knowledge resources on integrated drought management
- PDF Migration, agriculture and climate change: Reducing vulnerabilities and enhancing resilience
- PDF Regional workshop on assessing climate change vulnerability in fisheries and aquaculture
- PDF Report of the vulnerability and capacity assessments in coastal and fishing communities in Saint Kitts and Nevis
- PDF Report of vulnerability and capacity assessments in coastal and fishing communities in Grenada
- PDF Self-evaluation and Holistic Assessment of Climate Resilience of Farmers and Pastoralists (SHARP)
- Website Self-evaluation and Holistic Assessment of climate Resilience of farmers and Pastoralists (SHARP)
- PDF Strengthening Agro-climatic Monitoring and Information Systems (SAMIS) to improve adaptation to climate change and food security in the Lao ...
- PDF Terminal evaluation of the project "Mainstreaming ecosystem-based approaches to climate-resilient rural livelihoods in vulnerable rural areas ...
- PDF Toolkit for Increasing Climate Change Resilience
- PDF Vulnerability assessment methodologies: An annotated bibliography for climate change and the fisheries and aquaculture sector
- PDF Vulnerability sourcebook: Risk supplement
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Official UNFCCC documents on the Enhanced Transparency Framework
This collection provides links to official United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) documents, decisions and resources on the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF).The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Modalities, procedures and guidelines for the transparency framework for action and support referred to in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement
- Website Moving Towards the Enhanced Transparency Framework: Frequently asked questions and answers
- PDF Reference manual for the Enhanced Transparency Framework under the Paris Agreement
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Building capacity for more transparent greenhouse gas inventories
A wide variety of learning materials, case studies, etc. to build capacity in estimating greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector and preparing national GHG inventories.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Estimating GHG in agriculture: A manual to address data requirements for developing countries
- PDF Greenhouse gas assessment and mitigation in agriculture: concepts, methods and simulation tools
- Website Guide for peer review of national GHG inventories
- Website Preparing a greenhouse gas inventory under the Enhanced Transparency Framework
- PDF The adoption of tier 2 methodology for enteric fermentation: survey result (March 2021)
- Website The national greenhouse gas inventory for agriculture
- Website The national greenhouse gas inventory for land use
- Website U.S. EPA Toolkit for Building National GHG Inventory Systems
- PDF Understanding countries’ status and challenges for the estimation of carbon stock changes from mineral soils in national greenhouse gas ...
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Tools on greenhouse gas assessments for enhancing transparency
A series of tools to support countries for GHG assessments in the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Website A Methodological Approach for a Consistent and Accurate Land Representation Using the FAO Open Foris Collect Earth Tool for GHG Inventories
- Website Collect Earth
- Website EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT)
- PDF EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT) for value chains
- Website GLEAM v 3.0 Dashboard
- Website Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM)
- PDF Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM): Model description. version 3.0
- Website Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model – interactive GLEAM-i
- Other Greenhouse Gas Data Management (GHG-DM) tool
- PDF Projections of greenhouse gas emissions and removals: An introductory guide for practitioners
- Website Quality assurance/Quality control (QA/QC) and verification
- PDF Technical guidance for the Nationally Determined Contribution Expert Tool (NEXT)
- Website The Nationally Determined Contribution Expert Tool (NEXT)
- Website U.S. EPA toolkit for building national GHG inventory systems
- Website UNFCCC quality assurance (QA) process
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Mitigating climate change through agriculture
The agriculture sector contributes to global greenhouse gas emissions but can also contribute to global mitigation efforts. Studies to inform policy are presented in this collection.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Achieving transformational change in land use and climate change
- Website AgLED Resource Platform
- Website Agriculture Methodology
- PDF Climate change mitigation
- PDF Climate change mitigation options in agrifood systems
- PDF Comunidades rurales bajas en carbono: Aumentando la resiliencia y mitigando el cambio climático para el desarrollo rural: una experiencia en Honduras
- Website Enhancing climate change mitigation through agriculture
- PDF How can agrifood trade support climate change mitigation?
- PDF Low carbon rural communities: Enhancing resilience and mitigating climate change for rural development: one experience in Honduras
- Website Policy strategies and challenges for climate change mitigation in the Agriculture, Forestry and other Land Use (AFOLU) sector
- Website Revising Public Agricultural Support to Mitigate Climate Change
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Assessing forest resources
A comprehensive view of the world’s forests and the ways in which forest resources are changing. This clear global picture supports the development of sound policies, practices and investments affecting forests and forestry.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold: -
Country experiences with climate-smart agriculture
Climate-smart agriculture country experiences: a variety of cross-cutting activities and practices.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Assessing the profitability and feasibility of climate-smart agriculture investment in Southern Malawi: Understanding the costs and benefits in a ...
- PDF Barriers, incentives and benefits in the adoption of climate-smart agriculture. Lessons from the MICCA pilot project in Kenya
- PDF Climate-smart agriculture case studies 2021 – Projects from around the world
- PDF Climate-smart agriculture guidelines for the United Republic of Tanzania
- PDF Climate-smart agriculture in China
- Website Climate-smart agriculture in action
- Website Climate-smart agriculture success stories: From farming communities around the world
- PDF Climate-smart agriculture. Case studies 2018. Successful approaches from different regions
- Website Climate-smart soil, water and nutrient management options in semiarid West Africa: a review of evidence and analysis of stone bunds and zaï techniques
- PDF Eastern Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture Scoping Study: Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
- PDF Eastern Africa climate-smart agriculture scoping study: Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
- PDF Enabling farmers to face climate change: Second cycle of the benefit-sharing fund projects
- PDF Ethiopia climate-smart agriculture scoping study
- Website Integrated monitoring framework for climate-smart agriculture: Hoima climate-smart villages, Uganda
- Website Kenya country experience in reducing the GHG balance of the livestock production systems
- PDF Kenya's Tea Sector under Climate Change
- PDF Maasai communities in Kenya adapting to climate change by adopting smart-agriculture practices
- PDF Overview of the scientific, political and financial landscape of climate-smart agriculture in West Africa
- PDF Planning, implementing and evaluating climate-smart sgriculture in smallholder farming systems. The experience of the MICCA pilot projects in ...
- PDF Quesungual & Kuxur Rum: Ancestral agroforestry systems in the Dry Corridor of Central America
- PDF Sustainable production intensification and value chain development in Africa
- Website The Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) for rapid characterisation of households to inform climate smart agriculture interventions: ...
- PDF Towards climate-smart agriculture in Egypt
- PDF Transforming agriculture in Africa’s Small Island Developing States
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Learning materials on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
A wide variety of learning materials and e-learning courses on the Sustainable Development Goals including those related to climate change.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Website Etudes en prospectives sur le changement climatique
- PDF FAO and the Sustainable Development Goals
- Website Introduction to Sustainable Development Goal Indicators under FAO custodianship
- Website SDG Indicator 2.4.1 - Sustainable Agriculture
- Website SDG Indicators 15.1.1 - 15.2.1 - Forest area and sustainable forest management
- PDF Sustainable Development Report 2022
- Website Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) knowledge hub
- PDF Transforming food and agriculture to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Guidelines on leveraging finance for climate change adaptation and mitigation
This collection contains guidelines on accessing and leveraging finance for climate change adaptation and mitigation - including Green Climate Funds.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Website Agriculture Risk Financing in Southern Africa
- PDF Carbon finance possibilities for agriculture, forestry and other land use projects in a smallholder context
- Website Clearinghouse for financing development data - Smarter financing for development data
- PDF Climate change mitigation finance for smallholder agriculture: A guide book to harvesting soil carbon sequestration benefits
- Website Connecting multilateral climate finance to mitigation projects
- Website Driving Finance for Sustainable Food Systems
- PDF FAO and the Green Climate Fund in brief
- PDF Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation Initiative - FAST
- PDF Green Climate Fund handbook for North Macedonia
- PDF Manual for climate investments of the private sector
- Website Opportunities for Climate Finance in the Livestock Sector: Removing Obstacles and Realizing Potential
- Website The GEF and Climate Change: Catalyzing Transformation
- Video The Green Climate Fund opens up new opportunities for North Macedonia to enhance climate action
- PDF The accreditation process of the Green Climate Fund
- PDF The accreditation process of the Green Climate Fund (with a focus on the Republic of North Macedonia)
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Nature-based solutions in a changing climate
A range of materials on different components of the environment in changing ecosystems.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:
