Low Emissions Development

Current Projects

Catalyzing farmer innovations and the adoption of promising management and technological options to facilitate the development of low-carbon cattle value chains in Latin America

Delivering cropland mitigation in regional emission hotspots through scaling cost-effective mitigation options and developing novel MRV mechanisms

Bottom-up planning for social equity in climate smart livestock interventions

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Programme for Climate-Smart Livestock Systems (PCSL)

Research and engagement for scaling climate-smart agriculture in Latin America

Reducing agro-food induced GHG emissions through effective FLW reducing strategies

Bringing CSA practices to scale: assessing their contributions to narrow nutrient and yield gaps

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Standard assessment of agricultural mitigation potential and livelihoods (SAMPLES)

Low-emissions opportunities in USAID agriculture and food security initiatives

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Inclusive and climate-smart business models in Ethiopian and Kenyan dairy value chains | Global Challenges Programme project

Cauca Climate-Smart Village, Colombia

Latin America Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Network (LAMNET)

Enhancing capacities for MRV of sustainable livestock actions in East Africa

Research and engagement at different scales in Latin America

Shrinking the environmental footprint of livestock in China

Mitigation strategies in rice production, in collaboration with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)

Scaling climate-smart nutrient management tools in Africa | Global Challenges Programme project

Olopa Climate-Smart Village, Guatemala

Regional and national synthesis, engagement and support in Southeast Asia

Navigating towards leverage points for low emissions dairy development | Global Challenges Programme project

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Climate Food and Farming - Global Research Alliance Development Scholarships (CLIFF-GRADS)

Santa Rita Climate-Smart Village, Honduras

Completed projects

Upscaling promising livestock options for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in Asia

IFPRI Landscape Approach to Climate Change Mitigation in Agriculture (LACCMA)

ILRI Mitigation in livestock systems and LED pathways

Linkages between climate-smart agriculture and REDD+

Financing low emissions agriculture

Advancing sustainable cattle production in Brazil

Kenya develops and implements a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) in the dairy sector

Enhancing capacity for low emission development strategies (EC-LEDS) in the agricultural sector program phase III

Agro-economic analysis of all climate change mitigation options in India

Improving estimation of nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture

Low emission development strategies across scales

Mitigation Options Tool for agriculture (CCAFS-MOT)