Demystifying GHG emissions and removals from the AFOLU sector for states and regions

This knowledge product, available to download below, is designed to support states and regions in understanding greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals from the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector. 

The knowledge product explores:

• The relation of the AFOLU sector to GHG emissions and removals and how these GHG emissions and removals can be estimated using the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Guidelines (2006 IPCC Guidelines).
• Disaggregating these emissions and removals from national GHG inventories.
• How these estimates can feed into the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of climate change polices and measures related to the AFOLU sector.

This document was prepared by Ricardo Energy & Environment as part of the Climate Footprint Project.

The Climate Footprint Project supports state and regional governments to improve their greenhouse gas emissions tracking and reduction efforts. In the first phase of the project, the project worked with states and regions in developing and newly industrialising countries including Pernambuco (Brazil), Chhattisgarh and West Bengal (India), Baja California, Jalisco and Yucatán (Mexico), and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa).