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Methodologies and guidelines for greenhouse gas assessments
FAO methodologies to quantify greenhouse gas emissions arising from different agricultural sources and to identify mitigation opportunities.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Website 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
- Website 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
- Website An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2022 Report
- PDF Emissions Gap Report 2021
- Website Emissions Gap Report 2022
- Website Emissions Gap Report 2023
- Website Emissions Gap Report 2024
- Website Global Database of National GHG Inventory (GHGI) Capacity in Developing Countries
- Website Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment
- Website Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Sustainable Land Management : Quick Guidance for Users
- PDF Greenhouse gas emissions and fossil energy use from poultry supply chains: Guidelines for assessment
- PDF Greenhouse gas emissions and fossil energy use from small ruminant supply chains. Guidelines for assessment.
- PDF Greenhouse gas emissions ruminant supply chains: A global life cycle assessment
- PDF Guidance for setting up and enhancing national technical teams for GHG inventories in developing countries
- PDF Guidance for the standardized greenhouse assessment of agriculture, forestry and other land use projects
- PDF Livestock Activity Data Guidance (L-ADG)
- PDF Methane emissions in livestock and rice systems
- PDF Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems. Part V: household food consumption.
- PDF Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems Part VI: fluorinated gas emissions
- PDF Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems – Part III: energy use in fertilizer manufacturing, food processing, packaging, ...
- PDF Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems. Part II: waste disposal.
- PDF Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems. Part I: domestic food transport.
- PDF Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems. Part IV: Pesticide manufacturing.
- PDF Policy Strategies and Challenges for Climate Change Mitigation in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Sector
- PDF Smallholder dairy methodology
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The impact of investments in the agriculture sector on climate change
These materials examine the impact of agricultural investments on climate changeThe most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Accelerating investment towards carbon-neutral agrifood systems
- PDF Adoption of climate technologies in the agrifood system: investment opportunities in Kazakhstan
- PDF Adoption of climate technologies in the agrifood system: investment opportunities in the Kyrgyz Republic
- PDF Agriculture-related activities in the Green Climate Fund portfolio
- Website Climate-related development finance to agrifood systems
- Website Climate-related development finance to agrifood systems, 2024 update
- Website Co-designing the assessment of climate change costs (COACCH)
- PDF Feeding people, protecting the planet
- Website Global Donor Platform for Rural Development
- PDF How to invest in farmers?
- PDF Incorporating climate change considerations into agricultural investment programmes. A guidance document.
- PDF Investing in agricultural water management
- Website Making climate finance work for agrifood systems in Asia and the Pacific
- PDF Manual for climate investments of the private sector
- PDF Private sector mapping, outreach, and engagement in climate-responsive agrifood systems
- Website Promoting inclusive green finance in agriculture
- PDF The shortest path. Accelerating investment towards carbon-neutral agrifood systems
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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 AFOLU Carbon Calculator
- Website Agriculture and Land Use national Greenhouse Gas Inventory software (ALU)
- Website Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Mitigation Option Tool
- Website Collect Earth
- Website Cool Farm Tool
- 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 EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool for value chains
- PDF EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool | EX-ACT
- 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
- PDF Ex-Ante Carbon balance Tool
- Website FAOSTAT Emissions - Agriculture
- Website FAOSTAT Emissions - Land use
- Website FAOSTAT Emissions intensities
- Website FAOSTAT Emissions shares
- Website GLEAM v 3.0 Dashboard
- Website Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM)
- PDF Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM): Model description. version 3.0
- 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
- PDF The LoGIc tool for developing land representation for national greenhouse gas inventories
- PDF The LoGIc tool for developing land representation for national greenhouse gas inventories. The file input template
- PDF The LoGIc tool for developing land representation for national greenhouse gas inventories. The tool
- Website Using EX-ACT to estimate the mitigation potential of agricultural interventions
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Nature-based solutions in a changing climate
A range of materials on different components of the environment in changing ecosystems.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold: -
Overview of FAO's work on climate change
This collection provides a general overview of FAO's work on climate change at the global, regional and national level.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Adaptation in the agriculture sectors: leveraging co-benefits for mitigation and sustainable development
- Website Addressing agricultural sector open burning: Results and lessons learned from the climate and clean air coalition no-burn alternative ...
- PDF Climate change and the global dairy cattle sector
- PDF FAO Action Plan 2022–2025 for the implementation of the FAO Strategy on Climate Change
- PDF FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022-2031 - COUNCIL Hundred and Seventieth Session 13-17 June 2022
- PDF FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031
- Website FAO contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- PDF FAO in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019
- PDF FAO in the Philippines: Delivering for impact
- PDF FAO’s work on Climate Change. Fisheries, Aquaculture and Climate Change: The role of fisheries and aquaculture in the implementation of the Paris ...
- PDF FAO’s work on climate change: Fisheries & aquaculture 2019
- PDF FAO’s work on climate change: United Nations Climate Change Conference 2019
- PDF Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- PDF Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment
- PDF Action Plan for the implementation of the FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022-2031
- PDF Tackling climate change through rural women’s empowerment
- PDF The state of agricultural commodity markets: Agricultural trade, climate change and food security
- PDF The work of FAO to enhance national capacities to report on climate change , agriculture, forestry and other land use
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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
- Website Biodiversity and agrifood systems in nationally determined contributions
- PDF Embedding Agroecology Elements in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
- PDF Energy in and from agriculture in the African Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). A review
- 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
- PDF Working with Nature-based Solutions to address climate change
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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 How can agrifood trade support climate change mitigation?
- 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
- Website Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment
- 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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Tools and databases for analyzing and modelling climate change adaptation
A wide range of tools to support decision-making for adaptation and modelling efficient agriculture practices.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Website Climate Action Review Tool
- Website Climate Change Adaptation in the Livestock Sector
- PDF Climate maps for the Lao People's Democratic Republic
- PDF Designing climate change adaptation initiatives: A UNDP toolkit for practitioners
- Website Food and Agriculture Policy Decision Analysis (FAPDA) tool
- PDF GCF Project Toolkit 2017. Guide to develop a project proposal for the Green Climate Fund (GCF)
- Website InVest: Integrated Valuation of Environmental Services and Trade-offs
- Website Integrated Modelling Platform for Mixed Animal Crop systems Lite Tool (IMPACT)
- Website Modelling European agriculture with climate change for food security (MACSUR)
- Website Modelling System for Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change (MOSAICC)
- Website Strengthening monitoring and evaluation for adaptation in the agriculture sectors
- Website The UKCIP Adaptation Wizard
- PDF UNDP–FAO Climate Action Review Tool
- PDF Using metrics to assess progress towards the Paris Agreement’s Global Goal on Adaptation
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Gender in climate change adaptation
A wide variety of learning materials, guidelines, methodologies and studies on gender in the context of climate change adaptation.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- Video International Women Day 2022: Agri-food-systems facing climate change in the MENA region
- PDF Building Capacities to Develop Gender-Sensitive Climate Change Adaptation Proposals for Funding Consideration in Caribbean Small Island Developing ...
- PDF Climate resilience and disaster risk analysis for gender-sensitive value chains
- PDF Course 1: Addressing gender equality in climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture
- PDF Farmers in a changing climate Does gender matter?
- Video Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism
- Website Gender and Inclusion Toolbox: Participatory Research in Climate Change and Agriculture
- PDF Gender in adaptation planning for the agriculture sectors: Guide for trainers
- PDF Gender, agrifood value chains and climate-resilient agriculture in Small Island Developing States
- PDF Leaving no one behind. The African regional outlook on gender and agrifood systems
- PDF Promoting gender-responsive adaptation in the agriculture sectors: Entry points within National Adaptation Plans
- PDF Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in agrifood value chains
- PDF Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in aquaculture and fisheries
- PDF Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in climate-smart agriculture
- PDF Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in the livestock sector
- PDF Tackling climate change through rural women’s empowerment
- PDF Training guide: Gender in adaptation planning for the agriculture sectors
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Resources for policymakers on nationally determined contributions in the agri...
Policymaking materials such as short policy briefs and summary reports for informed nationally determined contributions in agriculture sector.The most relevant resources in this collection are highlighted in bold:- PDF Climate Action for Agriculture: Strengthening the role of scientific foresight and climate-smart agriculture in addressing NDC priorities
- PDF Come Together. Raising climate ambition in the first NDC update cycle amidst a global health crisis
- Website Effectively delivering on Climate and Nature: NDCs, NAPs and NBSAPs Synergies – A checklist for national policymakers
- PDF Enhancing NDCs for Food Systems: Recommendations for Decision-Makers
- Website Enhancing NDCs: Opportunities in the Forest and Land-Use Sector
- Website Food Forward NDCs
- Website How FAO supports developing countries on their nationally determined contributions
- Website Presentation of the ACP – NDC online tool
- Website The Climate Action Review (CAR) Tool
- PDF The agricultural sectors in nationally determined contributions (NDCs): Priority areas for international support
- PDF Turning Nationally Determined Contributions into action: FAO support to countries