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E-learning courses for national GHG inventories
This collection contains a series of FAO e-learning courses on national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories for agriculture and Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) to build and strengthen the technical capacity for estimating GHG emissions according to the 2006 IPCC guidelines, as mandatory requirement under the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF). The courses are freely available...The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold: -
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 National forest monitoring system assessment tool
- PDF Integrating forest and landscape restoration into national forest monitoring systems
- 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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Building capacity on greenhouse gas inventories
A wide variety of learning materials for technical audiences to enhance capacity in estimating greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector and in preparing a national GHG inventory.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Website Assessing uncertainties in the national greenhouse gas inventory: a focus on land use
- PDF Estimating GHG in agriculture: A manual to address data requirements for developing countries
- Website Estimating methane emissions from enteric fermentation using Tier 2 method
- Website Greenhouse gas assessment and mitigation in agriculture: concepts, methods and simulation tools
- Website IGES biennial update report: Database
- Website Joint OCB/GSP Training workshop for reporting soil Carbon Stock Change in national greenhouse gas inventories
- Website Preparing a greenhouse gas inventory under the Enhanced Transparency Framework
- Website The national greenhouse gas inventory (NGHGI) for agriculture
- Website The national greenhouse gas inventory (NGHGI) for land use
- PDF Understanding countries’ status and challenges for the estimation of carbon stock changes from mineral soils in national greenhouse gas ...
- Website Workshop materials on greenhouse gas inventory systems
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Innovation in agriculture to address climate change
A variety of materials about the different perspectives of innovation and technological improvements for adaptation in agriculture.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold: -
Tools and databases for analyzing environmental impact in the AFOLU sector
The Adaptation, Biodiversity and Carbon Mapping Tool (ABC-Map) is a geospatial app that holistically assesses the environmental impact of National Policies and Plans and investments in the AFOLU sector.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold: -
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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Examining different aspects, initiatives and policies on implementing nationa...
An overview of new proposals in different fields for nationally determined contributions.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Analysis and systematization on intended nationally determined contributions (INDC) in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries
- PDF Energy in and from agriculture in the African Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). A review
- PDF Enhancing forest targets and measures in nationally determined contributions
- Website Guide to including nature in nationally determined contribution
- PDF Implementing the Paris Agreement: LDC gaps and needs in greenhouse gas inventory reporting
- PDF Linking REDD+, the Paris Agreement, national determined contributions and suitable development goals: realizing the potential of forests for ndc ...
- PDF Localising NDCs with inspiration from the 2030 Agenda
- PDF Meeting the climate change mitigation commitments of least developed countries: The role of the agricultural sectors and the need for urgent action
- Website Nature-based Solutions Finance for NDCs
- PDF Panorama de las contribuciones determinadas a nivel nacional en America Latina y el Caribe, 2019: avances para el cumplimento del Acuerdo de Paris
- PDF Policy analysis of nationally determined contributions in Europe and Central Asia
- PDF The State of Nationally Determined Contributions: 2022
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Greenhouse gas emissions from burning of biomass
A list of resources to understand the methodologies related to monitoring and reporting ghg related emissions.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Website ESA Climate Office - Fire
- Website European Forest Fire Information System - EFFIS
- Website FAOSTAT - Fires
- Website Fire Information for Resource Management System
- Website Fire management Voluntary guidelines: Principles and strategic actions
- Website Forest fire management
- Website GOFC/GOLD-Fire Implementation Team
- Website Global Wildfire Information System
- Website New estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from biomass burning and peat fires using MODIS. Collection 6 burned areas
- PDF Taming Wildfires in the Context of Climate Change
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The transparency in the agriculture and land use sectors webinar series
The FAO webinar series aims to enhance country capacity in the Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines (MPGs) of the Enhanced Transparency Framework with a focus on the agriculture and land use sectors. Join the Transparency in agriculture and land use network for receiving updates and capacity building opportunities.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Addressing transparency in agriculture and land use sectors
- Website Addressing transparency in agriculture and land use sectors
- PDF Addressing transparency in the agriculture and land use sectors
- Website Are you ready to make your GHG inventory transparent?
- PDF Are you ready to make your GHGI transparent?
- Website FAO and the Enhanced Transparency Framework - webinar series
- PDF Quality Assurance (QA) of the National GHG Inventory Management System and National GHG Inventories
- Website Quality Assurance (QA) of the National GHG Inventory Management System and National GHG Inventories
- PDF Quality assurance (QA)/ Quality control (QC) within the greenhouse gas inventory cycle and the need for an improvement plan
- PDF Reporting on adaptation in the AFOLU sector under the Paris Agreement: Climate vulnerability assessment
- PDF Reporting on adaptation in the agriculture and land use sectors under the Paris Agreement: Adaptation metrics and the potential use of SDG ...
- PDF Reporting on adaptation in the agriculture and land use sectors under the Paris Agreement: Loss and damage assessment
- Website Reporting on adaptation: Adaptation metrics and the potential use of SDG indicators
- Website Reporting on adaptation: Local climate vulnerability assessments
- Website Reporting on adaptation: Loss and damage assessment
- PDF The role of institutional arrangements in the Enhanced Transparency Framework
- PDF The role of institutional arrangements in the Enhanced Transparency Framework
- Website The role of institutional arrangements in the Enhanced Transparency Framework
- Website Tracking progress made in implementing and achieving Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under Article 4 of the Paris Agreement
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Policies and actions to foster soil carbon sequestration
A series of policy-related resources regarding soil carbon sequestration.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold: