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The impact of investments in the agriculture sector on climate change
These materials examine the impact of agricultural investments on climate changeThe most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Accelerating investment towards carbon-neutral agrifood systems
- PDF Adoption of climate technologies in the agrifood system: investment opportunities in Kazakhstan
- PDF Adoption of climate technologies in the agrifood system: investment opportunities in the Kyrgyz Republic
- PDF Agriculture-related activities in the Green Climate Fund portfolio
- Website Co-designing the assessment of climate change costs (COACCH)
- PDF Feeding people, protecting the planet
- Website Global Donor Platform for Rural Development
- PDF How to invest in farmers?
- PDF Incorporating climate change considerations into agricultural investment programmes. A guidance document.
- PDF Investing in agricultural water management
- PDF Manual for climate investments of the private sector
- PDF Private sector mapping, outreach, and engagement in climate-responsive agrifood systems
- PDF The shortest path. Accelerating investment towards carbon-neutral agrifood systems
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Guidelines on National Adaptation Plans
A wide variety of guidelines and learning modules providing information on how to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans and to integrate them with current policy frameworks.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Addressing fisheries and aquaculture in National Adaptation Plans. (Supplement to the UNFCCC NAP Technical Guidelines).
- PDF Addressing forestry and agroforestry in National Adaptation Plans (supplementary guidelines)
- Website CDKN planning for NDC implementation: Adaptation module
- PDF Initial guidelines for the formulation of national adaptation plans by least developed countries
- PDF National Adaptation Plan process: Water supplement to the technical guidelines
- PDF National Adaptation Plans (NAPs): Technical guidelines for the NAP process
- Website National Adaptation Plans: Supplementary materials and technical guidelines
- PDF Re-envisioning Climate Change Adaptation Policy to Sustain Peace - A typology & Analysis of the NAPs
- PDF Recommendations for aligning National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes with development and budget planning. Supplementary material to the NAP ...
- Website Stocktaking for National Adaptation Planning (SNAP): Assessing capacity for implementing NDCs
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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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Tools for greenhouse gas assessments
A series of tools and databases to support countries in assessing GHG emissions and removals from the agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector through useful tools.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Website AFOLU Carbon Calculator
- Website Agriculture and Land Use national Greenhouse Gas Inventory software (ALU)
- Website Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Mitigation Option Tool
- Website Collect Earth
- Website Cool Farm Tool
- Website EPA. 2020. U.S. EPA Toolkit for Building National GHG Inventory Systems
- Website EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT)
- PDF EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT) for value chains
- PDF EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool for value chains
- PDF EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool | EX-ACT
- PDF Emissions due to agriculture: Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
- Website Emissions overview
- PDF Estimating GHG emissions and carbon sequestration in agriculture, forestry and other land use with EX-ACT
- PDF Ex-Ante Carbon balance Tool
- Website FAOSTAT Emissions - Agriculture
- Website FAOSTAT Emissions - Land use
- Website FAOSTAT Emissions intensities
- Website FAOSTAT Emissions shares
- 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 database of greenhouse gas emissions related to feed crops
- Website Global database of national greenhouse gas inventory capacity in developing countries
- Website IPCC 2020. IPCC Inventory Software
- Website Quality assurance/Quality control (QA/QC) and verification
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Mainstreaming gender in national adaptation plans
A range of materials to enhance gender equality in the context of adaptation to climate change impacts on agriculture and related national adaptation plans.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Video Addressing gender and climate change adaptation in Viet Nam’s agriculture sectors
- PDF Best practices and available tools for the use of indigenous and traditional knowledge and practices for adaptation, and application of ...
- Website Gender adaptation and disaster risk reduction – Policy brief
- PDF Gender and Inclusion Toolbox: Participatory Research in Climate
- Website Gender and adaptation planning in the agricultural sectors: The case of Uganda
- PDF Gender and climate change research in agriculture and food security for rural development
- PDF Gender mainstreaming and climate resilience in Zambia's cashew sector: Insights for adaptation planners
- PDF Making the case for gender-responsive adaptation planning in Uruguay: The importance of sex-disaggregated data
- PDF Promoting gender-responsive adaptation in the agriculture sectors: Entry points within national adaptation plans
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Reporting on climate change activities in the forestry sector
Methodologies, guidelines and training modules on how to conduct climate change reporting activities specifically in the forestry sector.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF From reference levels to results reporting: REDD+ under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- PDF Integrating forest and landscape restoration into national forest monitoring systems
- PDF National forest monitoring system assessment tool
- PDF National forest monitoring systems: Monitoring and measurement, reporting and verification in the context of REDD+ activities
- Website REDD+ MRV training modules
- PDF REDD+ and FLEGT: Working together to strengthen forest governance and mitigate climate change
- PDF Voluntary guidelines on national forest monitoring
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Methodologies and guidelines for greenhouse gas assessments
FAO methodologies to quantify greenhouse gas emissions arising from different agricultural sources and to identify mitigation opportunities.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Website 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
- Website Global Database of National GHG Inventory (GHGI) Capacity in Developing Countries
- PDF Livestock Activity Data Guidance (L-ADG)
- Website 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
- Website An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2022 Report
- PDF Emissions Gap Report 2021
- Website Emissions Gap Report 2022
- Website Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Sustainable Land Management : Quick Guidance for Users
- PDF Greenhouse gas emissions and fossil energy use from poultry supply chains: Guidelines for assessment
- PDF Greenhouse gas emissions and fossil energy use from small ruminant supply chains. Guidelines for assessment.
- PDF Greenhouse gas emissions ruminant supply chains: A global life cycle assessment
- PDF Guidance for setting up and enhancing national technical teams for GHG inventories in developing countries
- PDF Guidance for the standardized greenhouse assessment of agriculture, forestry and other land use projects
- PDF Methane emissions in livestock and rice systems
- PDF Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems. Part V: household food consumption.
- PDF Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems Part VI: fluorinated gas emissions
- PDF Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems – Part III: energy use in fertilizer manufacturing, food processing, packaging, ...
- PDF Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems. Part II: waste disposal.
- PDF Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems. Part I: domestic food transport.
- PDF Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems. Part IV: Pesticide manufacturing.
- PDF Policy Strategies and Challenges for Climate Change Mitigation in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Sector
- PDF Smallholder dairy methodology
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Measuring and monitoring soil organic carbon in the context of climate change
A range of tools and methodologies to measure and monitor soil health and soil organic carbon levels.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold: -
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: -
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 ...
