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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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The role of soils in climate change mitigation
A series of learning materials related to soil carbon and soil management in the context of climate change mitigation.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Carbone des sols en Afrique. Impacts des usages des sols et des pratiques agricoles
- PDF Global assessment of soil pollution: Report
- PDF Soil organic carbon – the hidden potential
- PDF Soils help to combat and adapt to climate change
- PDF Soils help to combat and adapt to climate change by playing a key role in the carbon cycle
- PDF Soils' potential to contribute to offset international aviation emissions
- PDF Soils: key to unlocking the potential of mitigating and adapting to climate change
- PDF Understanding countries’ status and challenges for the estimation of carbon stock changes from mineral soils in national greenhouse gas ...
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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: -
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 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 Pulses and climate change. Revised edition
- 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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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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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: -
Applying the climate-smart approach
Studies describing the application of the climate-smart approach to natural resources and agriculture management systems.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Climate-smart forestry
- Website Climate-smart forestry
- Website Climate-smart livestock production
- Website Climate-smart soil and land management
- PDF Compendium on climate-smart irrigation: Concepts, evidence and options for a climate-smart approach to improving the performance of irrigated ...
- PDF Solar-powered irrigation systems: A clean-energy, low-emission option for irrigation development and modernization
- PDF Supplemental irrigation: A promising climate-smart practice for dryland agriculture
- PDF Supporting agricultural extension towards climate-smart agriculture: An overview of existing tools
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Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture process and FAO’s role
This collection provides useful resources about the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture process under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and why it is important to FAO.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF A preliminary review of agriculture-related activities in the Green Climate Fund portfolio
- PDF State of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
- PDF Understanding the future of Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
- PDF Agreed conclusions on the six topics of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture roadmap
- Video FAO and the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
- Video How is agriculture different from other sectors when it comes to climate change?
- Video Implementing the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
- Video Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture explained
- Video Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture: views from agriculture experts
- Video Koronivia and the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land
- PDF FAO and the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
- Video New Zealand and the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
- Video What is the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture?
- Video The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture process explained
- Video What’s next for the Koronivia Joint work on Agriculture? (Part 1)
- Video What’s next for the Koronivia Joint work on Agriculture? (Part 2)
- PDF Who is contributing to the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture and how?
- Video Why are the Koronivia Dialogues organized by FAO important?
- Video Why is the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture important?
- Video Why the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture matters
- Video ¿Qué trabajo está realizando América Latina en el marco de la Labor conjunta de Koronivia?
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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 Climate change and the global dairy cattle sector
- 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
- Website Livestock environmental assessment and performance partnership (LEAP)
- PDF Livestock solutions for climate change
- Website Low carbon livestock development in Kyrgyzstan
- PDF Tackling climate change through livestock
- Website The Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases: Livestock research group
- PDF Understanding the role of ruminant systems on greenhouse gas emissions and soil health in selected Central Asian countries
- Website Webinars on livestock
