Emissions from agriculture and forest land. Global, regional and country trends 1990–2019
25/06/2021
The FAOSTAT Emissions database provides estimates of emissions from crop and livestock production, emissions and removals from land use, land use change and fossil fuel energy use, at the country, regional and global levels. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to agriculture are generated both within the farm gate by crop and livestock production activities, and through land use change processes at the conversion boundary between natural ecosystems and agricultural land. Together they contribute about 20 percent of total emissions from all human activities.
The latest statistics from FAO include data for the 1990-2019 period, mapping relevant emissions within and across the farm-gate/land use production boundaries. For the first time, users will be able to also download and compare to the FAO estimates the official country data that are regularly reported to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Conclusions and recommendations from the 18th meeting of UNFCCC Inventory Lead Reviewers highlighted the FAO data resources as an authoritative supporting data source for reviews.
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FAOSTAT data in the 2022 IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems: building the evidence base
Forest land emissions and removals brief
Carbon emissions and removals from forests: new estimates, 1990–2020
Drainage of organic soils and GHG emissions: validation with country data
Global carbon Budget 2019 paper
Critical adjustment of land mitigation pathways for assessing countries’ climate progress
UNFCCC 18th Meeting of Greenhouse gas inventory Lead Reviewers
Conclusions and recommendations from the 18th meeting of greenhouse gas inventory lead reviewers
