The share of agriculture in total greenshouse gas emissions

FAO

The share of agriculture in total greenshouse gas emissions

Global, regional and country trends 1990–2017

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 6p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

Series title FAOSTAT Analytical Briefs

Series number 1

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Agriculture is highly at risk from climate change, requiring urgent adaptation response in coming years to meet global food supply. At the same time, agriculture emits significant amounts of greenhouse gases (GHG) into the atmosphere, so that mitigation in agriculture features prominently in many country climate change response plans. The largest contributors from agriculture are non-CO2 emissions from crop and livestock activities within the farm gate and carbon losses from land use – mainly due to deforestation and peatland degradation. FAO provides estimates of the percentage contribution of these agriculture emissions to total GHG emissions. These statistics are disseminated in the FAOSTAT Emissions shares dataset, at country, regional and global level, over the time series 1990–2017. The database provides emissions of the major trace gases carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), as well as their cumulative effect in carbon-dioxide equivalents (CO2eq).

Last updated date 07/09/2020.

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FAO. 2020. The share of agriculture in total greenhouse gas emission. Global, regional and country trends 1990–2017. FAOSTAT Analytical Brief Series No. 1. Rome.

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