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Book (stand-alone)Five practical actions towards low-carbon livestock 2019
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No results found.Livestock provide valuable nutritional benefits as well as supporting livelihoods and the resilience of families and communities. Demand for animal products continues to grow in response to rising population and increasing wealth, especially in low- and middle-income countries. In spite of productivity gains, greenhouse gas emissions from livestock are also increasing. Successful action on climate change through practical action in livestock agrifood systems is an urgent priority, but must not come at the expense of other sustainability objectives, particularly those relating hunger and poverty. Hence 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 tradeoffs 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. -
Policy briefEnhancing climate action in the livestock sector
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No results found.The adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015 paved the way for countries to commit to the international response to climate change, through the transition to a low-emission economy and the development of a climate-resilient future. The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) is a landmark decision that was reached at the UN Climate Conference (COP23) in November 2017. The KJWA roadmap offered the opportunities to discuss the role of agri-food systems in climate action while considering their vulnerability to climate change and addressing food security. The KJWA can play a crucial role in enabling the livestock sector to contribute to climate action by mobilizing knowledge, technology, finance and capacity. It acknowledges the strategic importance of livestock including key areas such as improved soil carbon sequestration in grazed grasslands, improved nutrient use and manure management and improved livestock management systems. The KJWA process offers good opportunities for countries to exchange views and experiences related to the inclusion of livestock in their national climate actions. This brief summarises the outcomes of a series of regional workshops on “Boosting Koronivia in the livestock sector” organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 30 September to 22 October 2020. The workshops, attended by 35 countries from Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean, provided a platform for countries to exchange experiences and discuss how the KJWA can support climate actions on livestock while delivering the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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