www.fao.org/climatechange/micca/policies-namas/ Content: The slides present three tools used by FAO to support Member countries in their baseline determination and MRV (Measurement Reporting and Verification) of NAMAs (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions) in the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector: •Online Learning Tool on NAMAs in the AFOLU sector •FAOSTAT Emissions Database and Analysis Tools •Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM) The talk was given by Dr Kaisa Karttunen, Senior Natural Resources Officer, FAO on 1 June 2015 at the UN Climate Change Conference, Bonn, Germany. © FAO www.fao.org micca@fao.org

1. FAO Tools to Support
NAMA MRV in Agriculture
Dr Kaisa Karttunen
1 June 2015
UN Climate Change Negotiations, Bonn
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

2. FAO Tools to Support NAMA MRV in Agriculture
FAO provides supports to Member countries on baseline determination
and MRV of NAMAs in agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU)
sector.
• Online Learning Tool on NAMAs in the AFOLU
• FAOSTAT Emissions Database and Analysis Tools
• Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM)
GLEAM FAOSTAT Emissions databaseOnline learning

3. Overcoming knowledge barriers - New FAO NAMA learning
tool for agriculture and land use sector
Module 1
Climate change and
agriculture
Module 2
Background on NAMAs
Module 3
Step by Step NAMA
development
Module 4
Monitoring, reporting and
verification (MRV)
Module 5
NAMA financing
Structure of the tool
To support its member countries FAO
developed a NAMA tool for agriculture,
forestry and other land use which helps
agriculture sector stakeholders get started
with NAMA identification and planning.
Format
Web-based detailed guidance,
Now available for individual online learning
through the MICCA, FAO website:
http://bit.ly/fao-nama-tool

4. Module 4: Monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV)
The MRV Module of the FAO NAMA tool provides information on:
• MRV plan components
• NAMA impact monitoring methodologies
• GHG and non-GHG indicators
• Baseline determination and Ex-post assessment of the NAMA
impacts
• Tools and materials supporting NAMA implementation and MRV:
– emissions databases (e.g. FAOSTAT)
– estimation models (e.g. GLEAM)
– GHG emission calculators (e.g. EX-ACT) and
– land use assessment tools (e.g. Collect Earth)
• Reporting and verification process of NAMAs impacts
• Institutional arrangements for MRV.

5. FAOSTAT emissions database
FAO also provides a step-by-step guide for the estimation
of GHG emissions available in three languages:
Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agriculture: A
Manual to Address Data Requirements for Developing
Countries
The database supports NAMA MRV process through provision of:
• Activity data collected from member countries and GHG emission
estimates
• Baselines based on projections to 2030 and 2050 for agriculture
categories
• GHG emission estimates (Tier 1) which can serve as a reference
for quality assurance purposes.

6. New Emissions Analysis Tools supporting NAMAs to be
launched in 2015
• Regional Overview tool: Gives users an overview of emissions from the
agriculture and land use sectors for one or more countries and enables
trend analysis
• QA-QC and Verification tool: Enables QA/QC and verification of data,
including the identification of inconsistencies in the GHG inventory.
• Indicators tool: Allows users to analyze emissions indicators, expressed as
carbon intensity per unit product of a given commodity, against
productivity at country and regional level.
• Geo-referenced data tool: Enables browsing and downloading of geo-
referenced data (e.g. data on land cover, livestock, climate).
Geo-referenced data
QA-QC and
Verification Indicators
Regional Overview

7. GLEAM in support of NAMA
What is GLEAM?
• Global Livestock Environmental Accounting Model (GLEAM) is a Tier 2
livestock sector specific biophysical model based on GIS which adopts a
life cycle assessment approach.
– Assesses emissions and emission intensities from livestock supply
chains
– Assesses technical mitigation potential of interventions and their
impact on productivity
– Covers main 11 global livestock commodities, and predominant
livestock production systems
Supports countries in the development of NAMAs
 define baseline scenario and support countries to identify and set
priorities for the livestock sector
 measure impacts of mitigation actions for the livestock sector
 quantify sustainable development benefits e.g. productivity gains

8. GLEAMS’s support to a Dairy NAMA in Kenya
GLEAM is used as a tool to support:
• upscaling of methodology for the certification and monitoring of emission
reductions for the NAMA;
• generation of national emissions factors for the NAMA;
• identification of cost-effective mitigation actions; and
• development of monitoring approach tested at farm, cooperative, county
and national level.
For more information: www.fao.org/gleam/

9. Thank you for your attention
For further information contact: micca@fao.org