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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 Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Potential Map – GSOCseq v.1.1
- PDF Global assessment of soil carbon in grasslands
- 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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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
- Website Drought portal - Knowledge resources on integrated drought management
- 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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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: -
Energy, agriculture and climate change
Studies and learning materials to address climate change mitigation looking at energy solutions in agriculture.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF "Energy-Smart" food for people and climate
- PDF A compilation of tools and methodologies to assess the sustainability of modern bioenergy
- Website Changements climatiques et environnement
- Website Documentations de Institut de la Francophonie pour le Développement Durable.
- PDF Energy in and from agriculture in the African Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). A review
- PDF Energy, agriculture and climate change: Towards energy-smart agriculture
- Website Etudes en prospectives sur le changement climatique
- PDF Global observatory on non-state climate action (2020). Global synthesis report on climate action by sector
- PDF Renewable energy for agri-food systems: Towards the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement
- PDF Renewable energy for agrifood chains – Investing in solar energy in Rwanda
- PDF Solar-powered irrigation systems: A clean-energy, low-emission option for irrigation development and modernization
- PDF The charcoal transition
- PDF Walking the nexus talk: Assessing the water–energy–food nexus in the context of the sustainable energy for all initiative
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Understanding the impact of climate change on food systems
This collection provides a basic understanding on how climate change impacts food security and highlights the need to create robust food systems in order to overcome future challenges.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Actions to transform food systems under climate change
- Website Beyond urban: city-region food systems for resilient and sustainable development
- Website Climate and nutrition considerations in urban food systems
- PDF Climate change and food systems: Global assessments and implications for food security and trade
- PDF Climate change impacts and adaptation options in the agrifood system
- PDF Climate change impacts on crops in Sri Lanka
- Video Climate change, biodiversity and nutrition nexus
- PDF Climate change, biodiversity and nutrition nexus
- Website Cultivating Inner Capacities for Regenerative Food Systems
- PDF Developing capacities to enhance sustainable agrifood systems and combating climate change
- PDF Enhancing Sustainability and Resilience to Effects of Climate Change in City Region Food Systems
- Website Food Systems, Nutrition and Climate Change
- PDF How to feed the world in times of pandemics and climate change? Opportunities for innovation in livestock systems
- PDF Indigenous Peoples’ food systems. Insights on sustainability and resilience from the front line of climate change
- PDF Integrating agro-ecological approaches to increase resilience to climate change and improve sustainable food system in West Africa and the Sahel
- Website Making better policies for food systems
- PDF Managing climate change risks in food systems
- PDF Managing risks to build climate-smart and resilient agrifood value chains
- PDF Online exchange forum. Building climate-resilient food systems based on the ten agroecology elements
- Website Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support : Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better Serve the Health of People, Economies, ...
- PDF Science, practice, and policy expert dialogue on food systems and resilience: Key priorities for aligning global ecosystem restoration, ...
- PDF Small-scale producers in sustainable agrifood systems transformation
- PDF Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in agrifood value chains
- PDF The State of Food and Agriculture 2016: Climate change, agriculture and food security
- PDF Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus to increase food systems' resilience to climate change and conflict's cascading effects in the ...
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Learning materials on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
A wide variety of learning materials and e-learning courses on the Sustainable Development Goals including those related to climate change.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Website Etudes en prospectives sur le changement climatique
- PDF FAO and the Sustainable Development Goals
- Website Introduction to Sustainable Development Goal Indicators under FAO custodianship
- Website SDG Indicator 2.4.1 - Sustainable Agriculture
- Website SDG Indicators 15.1.1 - 15.2.1 - Forest area and sustainable forest management
- PDF Sustainable Development Report 2022
- Website Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) knowledge hub
- PDF Transforming food and agriculture to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Learning materials on ecosystem-based adaptation in the agriculture sector
Ecosystem-based adaptation is a nature-based solution for building the resilience of the food and agriculture sector to climate change. The materials presented in this section include studies, guidelines and policies for evaluating and valuing the benefits, costs and impacts of ecosystem-based adaptation measures.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Website Building Climate Resilience through Ecosystem-based Adaptation Planning
- PDF Ecosystem restoration for people, nature and climate
- Website Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Working with nature to adapt to a changing climate
- PDF Ecosystem-based adaptation in the agriculture sector: A nature-based solution for building the resilience of the food and agriculture sector to ...
- PDF Forest-based adaptation: transformational adaptation through forests and trees
- Website Guidelines for Integrating Ecosystem-based Adaptation into National Adaptation Plans: Supplement to the UNFCCC NAP Technical Guidelines
- PDF Revisión científica del impacto del cambio climático en las plagas de las plantas
- PDF Scientific review of the impact of climate change on plant pests: A global challenge to prevent and mitigate plant-pest risks in agriculture, ...
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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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Tools and guidance materials for meeting the reporting requirements of the En...
These tools and guidance materials help countries meet their reporting requirements related to the Paris Agreement's Enhanced Transparency Framework. This includes the Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs).The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Other Biennial transparency report (BTR) guidance and roadmap tool
- PDF Building capacity worldwide to increase transparency in the Agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector
- PDF Institutionalization of forest data
- PDF Modalities, procedures and guidelines for the transparency framework for action and support referred to in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement
- PDF National forest monitoring system assessment tool
- PDF Reference manual for the Enhanced Transparency Framework under the Paris Agreement
- PDF The Nationally Determined Contributions Tracking Tool user manual
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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:
