Natural climate solutions

Natural Climate Solutions

Blockchain Technology Can Boost Climate Action

Experts meeting at the recent UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn in May have said that a new technology called “Blockchain” could play a major …read more

Guidance for Standardized GHG Assessment of Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Projects

New guidance document by FAO’s EX-ACT team is tailored to the needs of finance institutions, multilateral and bilateral donors and their implementing agencies, international organizations and …read more

Genetic mitigation strategies to tackle agricultural GHG emissions: The case for biological nitrification inhibition technology

Accelerated soil-nitrifier activity and rapid nitrification are the cause of declining nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE) and enhanced nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from farming. Biological nitrification inhibition …read more

CCAFS-MOT – a tool for farmers, extension services and policy-advisors to identify mitigation options for agriculture

Study finds that some tropical grasses provide nutritious animal feed and improved nitrogen use efficiency

Increasing land area under grasses that inhibit nitrification will improve farm productivity and decrease nitrous oxide emissions, among other benefits. Emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent …read more

Limits of agricultural greenhouse gas calculators to predict soil N2O and CH4 fluxes in tropical agriculture

Livestock development and climate change: The benefits of advanced greenhouse gas inventories

Livestock development and climate change outcomes can support each other. More productive and e cient farm systems generally produce food at much lower greenhouse gas …read more

Global tree cover and biomass carbon on agricultural land: The contribution of agroforestry to global and national carbon budgets