Mitigation

Climate change mitigation means reducing or preventing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increasing carbon removals from the atmosphere. Agrifood systems have an important role to play: emissions arise from activities across agriculture, forestry and other land use, livestock, soils, fisheries and aquaculture, while changes in how food is produced, processed and consumed can create opportunities to reduce emissions and increase carbon removals.

Countries need reliable information, tools and technical capacity to identify mitigation opportunities, set priorities and track progress towards their climate commitments. Under the Paris Agreement, this includes reporting on mitigation actions through instruments such as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Communications and Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs), as part of the Enhanced Transparency Framework.

FAO supports Members in measuring, planning and reporting on the GHG impacts of agrifood systems. It provides technical assistance, analytical tools and capacity development to help countries assess mitigation potential, strengthen GHG accounting and integrate agrifood systems into national climate policies and reporting.

FAO’s work brings together data, modelling and national reporting to help countries move from understanding emissions to identifying practical mitigation opportunities and tracking progress towards climate commitments. Through tools such as NEXT, GLEAM, ABC-Map and the NDC Tracking Tool, FAO supports evidence-based climate action across agrifood systems.