AgLED is intended to be a guide to climate change mitigation in agriculture and food systems for those new and old in the field of low-emissions development (LED). The focus is on agricultural emissions and their mitigation, but we provide examples and resources of emissions and mitigation options related to activities connected with agriculture. One of the biggest opportunities and challenges is in developing countries, where food security has yet to be met while also seeking to reduce emissions. Therefore, this site emphasizes developing country data and examples.
The site has a curated glossary and FAQ, as well as frequently used technical information as basic references throughout the LED Options, Estimating Emissions and Policy & Planning sections. The Estimating Emission and Policy pages have information relating to the UNFCCC and MRV process.
This policy brief covers research by the CGIAR Research Programs on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and Livestock to strengthen reporting of land-based livestock practices at the regional level. The work aimed to consolidate existing regional climate strategies and policies and create new ones. The brief lays out implications and recommendations for accounting for silvopastoral systems in national GHG inventories.
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Suber M , Arango J, Torres C F, Rosenstock T
2020
World Agroforestry
This brief covers preliminary results from a pilot study using Collect Earth to identify agroforestry on multiple land uses in Viet Nam and Colombia. Collect Earth was shown to be a promising tool that is highly effective in identifying some easily distinguished types of agroforestry systems but falls short with others.
James Daniel, Karis Tenneson, Marta Suber, Rachmat Mulia, Pham Van Thanh, Jacobo Arango,Todd Rosenstock
2018
CCAFS
This 3D volumetric visualization shows the emission and transport of global atmospheric methane in 2018. Users can download the visualization layer for free.
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
2020
MethaneSAT will be an orbiting satellite that provides regular monitoring of methane emissions by location. The satellite will also quantify the emissions rate. It will be able to measure methane from oil and gas production, industrial agriculture and other sources. The data will include highly precise point source, area source and sector-wide quantification (130 m x 400 m pixels across >200 m swath).
MethaneSAT
2021
This map layer was developed using EDGAR’s data (5-min resolution) 2015 global agriculture CH4 and N2O emissions data layers (5-min resolution), which were combined using the global warming potential values of the 5th IPCC Assessment Report (CH4 = 28 and N2O = 265).
Download the methods (pdf)
Download the emissions map layer data (tiff)
Download the 2015-Ag emissions map (ppt)
Ciniro Costa Jr.
2021
CCAFS
This website houses resources, recordings, and presentations of the 2020 webinar and hackathon “Enhancing investment in soil health and carbon storage: Frontiers for linking finance and carbon accounting.”
The webinar supported investment-oriented actions promoting soil health and carbon storage by improving the accounting of soil carbon sequestration. Panelists sought to understand how improving soil carbon accounting can support investment-oriented actions that promote soil health and carbon storage. Participants examined opportunities for action using novel methods and frontier technologies that enable linking technical practices with finance and policy for accurate and cost-efficient SOC accounting.
A brief was published as a result of the hackathon that delved into the key insights gleaned from the webinar and two hackathon sessions. Learn more here.
CCAFS, The Nature Conservancy, 4 per 1000 Executive Secretariat, and The World Bank
2020
This dataset is the result of an analysis of the mitigation contributions of the 177 NDCs submitted as of February 5, 2019. It is is a limited updated to the INDC database published previously. A full update is forthcoming for 2021. Data were collected directly from NDC submissions, which can be found here.
Meryl Richards
2019
CCAFS
Evidence for Resilient Agriculture (ERA) platform provides access to data and tools designed to target which agricultural technologies work where. ERA is a dynamic dataset and web portal that is periodically updated with new data. Users can explore the database papers or use the en-suite analysis tool.
World Agroforestry (ICRAF), CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment (CCAFS), Partnerships for Scaling Climate-Smart Agriculture (P4S-CSA)
This report summarizes the state of Ethiopia’s livestock GHG profile and estimates emissions from dairy cattle, other cattle, sheep and goats for the main livestock emission sources. For each GHG emission source, the report gives a category description; describes methodological issues; uncertainties and time-series consistency; source-specific quality assessment, control and verification; source-specific recalculations and planned improvements.
Wilkes A, Wassie SE, Tadesse M, Assefa B, Abu M, Ketema A, Solomon D. 2020. Inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from cattle, sheep and goats in Ethiopia (1994-2018) calculated using the IPCC Tier 2 approach. Environment and Climate Change Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
