A significant proportion of developing countries have expressed an interest in greenhouse gas (GHG)
mitigation in the agriculture sector. However, compared to mitigation planning in some other sectors,
progress with developing agricultural mitigation plans and the allocation of climate finance to the
agriculture sector have been limited. The purpose of this guide is to provide national policy makers,
advisors and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector with an introduction to the main mitigation
planning approaches and the key elements that may need to be considered in the planning process.
This guide describes two of the main approaches to GHG mitigation planning in developing countries:
Low-Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). It
explains the possible relationships between them and their status within the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). National mitigation planning processes have policy, technical
and institutional dimensions that need to be addressed in an integrated and iterative manner.