Climate Change

Publications

Submission
Approaches to enhance and promote mitigation actions
2013

FAO submission to the UNFCCC Secretariat in response to the invitation in paragraph 48 of decision 1/CP.18 Various approaches, including opportunities...

Publications
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook - Executive Summary and CD ROM
2013

Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook - Executive Summary and CD ROM

Publications
Tackling Climate Change through Livestock
2013

As renewed international efforts are needed to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the livestock sector can contribute its part. An important emitter of...

Submission
Current state of knowledge on enhancing adaptation in agriculture while promoting sustainable development
2013

FAO Submission on Agriculture for SBSTA Submission by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on issues related to agriculture,...

Publications
Strategy for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Climate Change
2012

More than 500 million people depend directly or indirectly on fisheries and aquaculture for their livelihoods. Fish also provides essential nutrition...

Submission
Modalities and procedures for a new market-based mechanism
2012

Submission by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on modalities and procedures for a new market-based mechanism1 (paragraphs...

Data & Tools
GAEZ: Agro-Ecological Zones Database
2012

FAO and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) have been continuously developing the Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZ) methodology...

Submission
How to address drivers of deforestation and forest degradation and on robust and transparent national forest monitoring systems
2012

Submission to the UNFCCC Secretariat on issues identified in decision 1/CP. 16, paragraph 72 and appendix II, in answer to the invitation of paragraph...

Publications
Greening the Economy with Agriculture
2012

This document includes a series of four working papers seeking to support discussions on the green economy of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable...