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The role of forests in tackling climate change
A wide variety of materials on how forests can play a role in tackling climate change.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF The economics of climate change mitigation options in the forest sector
- PDF Building climate-resilient dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral production systems
- PDF Community guidelines for accessing forestry voluntary carbon markets
- PDF Forest and farm producers – climate-change sentinels
- PDF Forests and climate change
- PDF Forests and climate change
- PDF Forests and climate change
- PDF Forests, rangelands and climate change in southern Africa
- PDF Global guidelines for the restoration of degraded forests and landscapes in drylands
- PDF The national forest monitoring system as part of the National Strategy on Climate Change and Vegetation Resources in Chile: Applying ...
- Website UN-REDD Programme
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Youth-led climate action
Young people are valuable contributors to climate action. The following materials portray examples of how young people contribute to a more sustainable future by functioning as leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and agents of change in agriculture and food systems.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold: -
Combating drought and desertification
Resources related to combating drought and desertification.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold: -
Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector
E-learning courses, webinars and various materials to better understand the importance of forest-related topics under the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF)The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Boosting transparency of forest data for climate action
- PDF Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector
- PDF Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector: One year in numbers
- PDF Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector: Two years in numbers.
- PDF Case Study Chile: The National Forest Monitoring System as part of the National Strategy on Climate Change and Vegetation Resources in Chile
- PDF Case study Bangladesh: An integrated national forest monitoring system for sustainable forest management and conservation in Bangladesh
- PDF Case study Costa Rica: Costa Rica’s progress in developing a national land use, land cover and ecosystems monitoring system
- PDF Case study Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Democratic Republic of the Congo establishes a national forest monitoring system to promote ...
- PDF Case study Ghana: Establishing a multi-purpose national forest monitoring system to improve land use monitoring capacities in Ghana
- PDF Case study Papua New Guinea: National forest monitoring system provides better data, and enhances capacity in Papua New Guinea
- PDF Enhancing forest targets and measures in nationally determined contributions
- Video Establishing and implementing a sustainable National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS): effects on the forest sector of a country
- Video Establishing and implementing sustainable national forest monitoring systems
- Website Forest Data and Transparency 'Zoom in' on the Experience of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Video Forest data and free open-source solutions for Climate Action
- Video Forest data and transparency: ‘Zoom’ in on Costa Rica’s experience”
- Video Forest data for climate action: the importance of legal and institutional frameworks
- Website Forests and transparency under the Paris Agreement
- Video From Measurement, Reporting and Verification to the Reinforced Transparency Framework
- PDF From reference levels to results reporting: REDD+ under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- PDF Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020
- Video How to prepare for the transition from the measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) framework
- PDF Inventarios Forestales Nacionales de América Latina y el Caribe: Hacia la armonización de la información forestal.
- Video Learning from experience to increase forest data transparency for climate action
- PDF Legal assessment to set up and operationalize a national forest monitoring system
- Website Mind the gap: Addressing national forest inventory capacity needs to support climate action
- Video Open And Transparent Forest Data: Innovation And Technology For Climate Action
- Website Open and Transparent: Forest data setting the course for green future under the Paris Agreement
- PDF Strengthening national forest monitoring systems through a comprehensive capacity needs assessment
- PDF Towards open and transparent forest data for climate action
- PDF What is the forest area of Lao People's Democratic Republic?
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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 Collect Earth
- 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 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
- Website FAOSTAT Emissions - Agriculture
- Website FAOSTAT Emissions - Land use
- Website FAOSTAT Emissions intensities
- Website FAOSTAT Emissions shares
- Website Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM)
- PDF Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM): Model description
- 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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Tools for climate and disaster risk assessment
A wide variety of learning materials for technical audiences including toolkits, concepts, policies, practices, webinars and techniques for ensuring that risks are assessed and managed to support mainstreaming of climate and disaster resilience into key development policies, programmes, and projects in the agriculture sector and ultimately food security.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Other Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative (CADRI) tool
- Website Climate and disaster risk screening tools
- PDF Climate resilient practices. Typology and guiding material for climate risk screening
- PDF Climate risk assessment at community level in the agriculture sector
- PDF Disaster risk management systems analysis: A guidebook
- PDF FAO’s Damage and Loss Assessment methodology to monitor the Sendai Framework’s Indicator C2 and the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF)
- PDF FAO’s methodology for damage and loss assessment in agriculture
- Website Introduction to FAO's damage and loss assessment methodology
- PDF Mainstreaming climate risk management into FAO programming
- PDF National and policy climate and disaster risk screening tool
- PDF Overview of FAO’s damage and loss assessment methodology e-learning course
- Website Screening for climate change and disaster risks in development projects
- PDF The livelihood assessment toolkit. Analysing and responding to the impact of disasters on the livelihoods of people
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Social protection strategies and climate change
Resources on how inclusive social protection strategies can safeguard the livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable and increase their resilience to climate change.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold: -
Cross-cutting topics related to food and agriculture
A wide variety of learning materials and studies for technical audiences including concepts, practices and techniques for food security, systems and production in the context of climate change in food and agriculture.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Actions to transform food systems under climate change
- PDF Africa: regional overview of food security and nutrition
- Website Agriculture, food security and climate change: Outlook for knowledge, tools and action
- PDF Climate change and food security and nutrition Latin America and the Caribbean (policy guidelines)
- PDF Climate change: Unpacking the burden on food safety
- PDF Enhancing knowledge on climate change mitigation and adaptation for food security and nutrition
- PDF Ensuring access to safe and nutritious food for all through transformation of food systems
- PDF Food systems transformation: Developing sustainable, eco-friendly, climate-smart food production along value chains in Africa
- PDF Info Note 2. The State of Food and Agriculture 2016; Climate change, agriculture and food security improved farming practices reduce impacts of ...
- PDF Pulses and climate change. Revised edition
- PDF Measuring progress towards sustainable agriculture
- PDF Panorama of food and nutrition security in Latin America and the Caribbean
- PDF Priorities related to food value chains and the agri-food sector in the nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
- PDF Report on the high-level regional dialogue on the mainstreaming of biodiversity in the agricultural, forestry and fisheries sectors
- PDF The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017: Building Resilience for Peace and Food Security
- PDF The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World – 2018
- PDF The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2016 : Climate change, agriculture and food security
- PDF The State of Food and Agriculture 2016 Info Note 1: Climate change, agriculture and food security climate change: what does it mean for ...
- PDF The future of food and agriculture – Trends and challenges
- PDF The state of food and agriculture: Adaptation
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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: -
Learning materials on strengthening resilience of agriculture livelihoods
Practical and in-depth analysis on managing crises and improving resilience of agriculture livelihoods.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:
