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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFive practical actions towards resilient, low-carbon livestock systems
In brief
2020Also available in:
No results found.This brief focuses on livestock action towards the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) and summarizes a policy document that was produced by FAO in support of the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): “Five practical actions towards low-carbon livestock”. There is a need to balance the benefits of animal-source foods and livestock keeping for nutrition, health and livelihoods, with the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to tackle the climate crisis, which also threatens food security. The following five practical actions can be widely implemented for measurable and rapid impacts on livestock emissions: 1) boosting efficiency of livestock production and resource use; 2) Intensifying recycling efforts and minimizing losses for a circular bioeconomy; 3) capitalizing on nature-based solutions to ramp up carbon offsets; 4) striving for healthy, sustainable diets and accounting for protein alternatives; and 5) developing policy measures to drive change. This brief describes how these can be implemented in integrative and sustainable ways, taking account the diversity of livestock systems and enhancing synergies and managing trade-offs with other sustainable development objectives. FAO can help by providing developing tools, methodologies and protocols for measuring emissions, and supporting the development and analysis of technical and policy options towards sustainable, low-carbon livestock. -
Book (stand-alone)From Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) to Low-Carbon Development in Agriculture. NAMAs as a Pathway at Country Level 2011
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No results found.Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) are voluntary country engagement proposals to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They are a set of government prioritized actions aimed at reducing or limiting Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. They are expected to be the main vehicle for mitigation action in developing countries under a future climate agreement. NAMAs combine a set of actions that are necessary to facilitate the transition to low-carbon growth for different sectors of the economy, including agriculture and forestry. Of the 43 countries that proposed their NAMAs to the UNFCCC, 60 percent considered agriculture as way to reduce their GHG emissions. Most countries proposed mitigation in the forestry sector. The high occurrence of Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) activities in NAMAs of least developing countries (LDC) is linked with both the socio-economic weight of the sector in LDCs and its high mitigation potential. T he current gap of support in AFOLU mitigation makes NAMAs the main expected implementation channel for these sectors. Therefore, the nationally appropriate mitigation actions mechanism referred to in the UNFCCC Cancun agreement should be designed in such a way as to take into account the specificities of these sectors. Currently a country has two options when developing NAMAs. The first is to proceed without waiting for the UNFCCC Guidelines, undertaking actions and negotiating financing di rectly with donors. The second is to move towards a comprehensive Low-Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). Within the agriculture sector it translates either to: (i) switching directly from NAMAs to a set of AFOLU actions appraised, compared, prioritized, monitored and integrated in the sector policy and planning framework, seeking donor support through project implementation; or (ii) preparing the AFOLU component of a national LCDS. NAMAs are a promising instrument for boosting climate chan ge abatement policies and measures in developing countries. Since NAMAs should not be used to offset emissions in developed countries, as that is for credited projects or actions funded by the carbon market, the Monitoring-Reporting-Verification (MRV) of supported NAMAs does not need to be as stringent as the MRV for the carbon market projects. -
Book (stand-alone)Climate change and the global dairy cattle sector
The role of the dairy sector in a low-carbon future
2019Also available in:
The challenge for policy-makers – and for the dairy sector – is how to reduce environmental impacts while continuing to meet society’s needs. Dairy products are a rich source of essential nutrients that contributes to a healthy and nutritious diet. With demand for high-quality animal sourced protein increasing globally, the dairy sector is well placed to contribute to global food security and poverty reduction through the supply of dairy products. In so doing, it is essential that sector growth is sustainable in terms of the environment, public and animal health and welfare and in terms of development, poverty alleviation and social progress. The world is already experiencing, for example, more frequent floods, storms and droughts, forest fires causing damage to the environment and people’s livelihoods. The dairy sector must contribute effectively to the global effort to avoid dangerous climate change, become more resilient and prepare for and adapt to a changing climate. In order to limit temperature rise, the dairy sector must reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and work towards a low-carbon future. The good news is that there are many opportunities within the sector to limit climate change by reducing emissions. While there is some uncertainty about the size and timing of changes, it is certain that it is happening and acting now to protect our environment, economy and culture will always be worthwhile. To consider how to deal with climate change, the dairy sector needs to have evidence at hand, presented in a clear and comprehensible way, so stakeholders can see how they can and must contribute. This report is an attempt to understand the contribution of the dairy sector to global emissions between 2005 and 2015 as a first step towards addressing the challenge of climate change and defining a low-carbon pathway for the sector.
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