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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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Damage and loss
This collection introduces the concept of "loss and damage" caused by climate change-related effects. It is focused on the agriculture sector and the environmental aspects.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Climate Finance for Addressing Loss and Damage
- PDF Damage and losses due to weather and climate-related disasters in agricultural sectors
- Website Data and Digital Maturity for Disaster Risk Reduction: Informing the Next Generation of Disaster Loss and Damage Databases
- PDF FAO’s methodology for damage and loss assessment in agriculture
- Website Introduction to loss and damage
- Website Measuring Disaster Crop Production Losses Using Survey Microdata Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
- PDF Notes on an information system on damage and losses from disasters in agriculture, fisheries and forestry
- PDF The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security: 2021
- Website Using FAO methodology to compute Damage and Loss
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Combating drought and desertification
Resources related to combating drought and desertification.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF A rapid review of effective financing for policy, implementation and partnerships addressing drought risks
- PDF Climate Change and Land
- PDF Drought in the Horn of Africa: Progress report on the rapid response and mitigation plan to avert a humanitarian catastrophe
- PDF Handbook of drought indicators and indices
- PDF Proactive approaches to drought preparedness – Where are we now and where do we go from here?
- Video RECLIMA contributes to minimizing desertification and drought in El Salvador
- Website UNCCD capacity building training fair Georgetown (Guyana) 25–26 Jan 2019 – Presentations
- PDF United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund Project fact sheet: Emergency livelihood support to drought-affected communities in Namibia
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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:- Website Agricultural Adaptation (AgriAdapt) Tool
- PDF Building resilience into watersheds
- Other Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative (CADRI) tool
- Website Climate Risk Toolbox
- PDF Climate Risk Toolbox – Guiding material for climate risk screening
- 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 Integrating Climate Change and Natural Disasters in the Economic Analysis of Projects : A Disaster and Climate Risk Stress Test Methodology
- 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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Climate change, food security and mountain peoples
Environmental, social and economic factors such as land degradation, climate change, natural hazards, and insufficient access to infrastructure and services add to the already high exposure of mountain people to multiple risks and reduce their ability to cope with food shortages and other shocks.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Website Ecosystem restoration in the mountains
- Website Inclusive and resilient mountain food systems: Opportunities and best practices
- PDF Mountain Farming Is Family Farming
- PDF Mountain agriculture: Opportunities for harnessing Zero Hunger in Asia
- PDF Mountain farming systems – seeds for the future
- Website Mountain observations: Monitoring, data, and information for science, policy, and society
- PDF Mountain women of the world
- Video Mountains and Climate Change: A Global Concern
- PDF Vulnerability of mountain peoples to food insecurity
- PDF Vulnerability of mountain peoples to food insecurity: updated data and analysis of drivers
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Policy and action recommendations to build capacity related to the Paris Agre...
This collection of policy and action recommendations help countries build capacity related to the Paris Agreement.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Action Recommendations on Adaptation Communications
- Website Open Government and Climate Change : Leveraging Transparency, Participation, and Accountability for Effective Climate Action
- PDF Recommendations on Capacity Building for Access to Finance
- PDF Recommendations on Capacity Building for Transparency and Reporting
- PDF Recommendations on capacity building for inclusive and ambitious global carbon market participation in support of the Paris Agreement
- PDF The COP26 Catalyst Call to Action: transformational capacity building in support of the Paris Agreement
- Website Unfolding the reporting requirements for Developing Countries under the Paris Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework
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Global database on agro-ecological zones (GAEZ)
GAEZ is a global database for assessing agricultural resources and potential. The portal provides rapid access to GAEZ and includes maps and tabular datasets.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold: -
Sustainable livestock to tackle climate change
A wide variety of useful resources to accelerate the sustainable development of livestock supply chains and to support coherent climate actions.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Cameroon moves towards low-carbon livestock systems
- PDF Climate change and the global dairy cattle sector
- PDF Climate smart livestock production in Ecuador
- Website Estimating methane emissions from enteric fermentation using Tier 2 method
- PDF Five practical actions towards low-carbon livestock
- Website Global agenda for sustainable livestock
- PDF Improving efficiency of small ruminants productions for reduction of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity
- Video Introducing the Global Agenda of Action in support of sustainable livestock sector development
- PDF Livestock and climate change
- Website Livestock environmental assessment and performance partnership (LEAP)
- PDF Livestock solutions for climate change
- Website Low carbon livestock development in Kyrgyzstan
- PDF Piloting the Climate-Smart Approach in the Livestock Production Systems
- PDF Prioritizing the reduction of methane in livestock climate actions in East Africa
- PDF Tackling climate change through livestock
- Website The Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases: Livestock research group
- PDF The role of animal health in national climate commitments
- PDF Understanding the role of ruminant systems on greenhouse gas emissions and soil health in selected Central Asian countries
- PDF Understanding the role of ruminant systems on greenhouse gas emissions and soil health in selected Central Asian countries
- Website Webinars on livestock
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Food safety and climate change
Various resources that explore the relationship between climate change and food safety.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Website Climate change is making our food less safe
- Video Climate change is threatening the safety of our food
- PDF Climate change: Unpacking the burden on food safety
- Website Food safety – climate change and the role of WHO
- Website Food safety – climate change and the role of WHO (summary)
- Website Foresight
- Website How Is Climate Change Affecting the Safety of Our Food?
- PDF How a single aspect of climate change can make food less safe
- PDF Thinking about the future of food safety
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Learning materials on climate change adaptation
A wide variety of learning materials for technical audiences including concepts, policies, practices, and techniques for climate change adaptation in the agriculture sector.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:
