This report by the FAO (2009) takes as its starting point that the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report finding that agriculture worldwide emits 5-6 GT CO2 eq a year, equivalent to 10-12% of global GHG emissions (the figure does not include land use change. The IPCC made four key recommendations on how agriculture could mitigate GHG emissions covering the areas of: crop rotations and farming system design; nutrient and manure management; livestock management, pasture and fodder supply improvement;

In 2009 the CBI and Price Waterhouse Coopers released this practical guide for companies on reporting greenhouse gas emissions based on a fictitious company, 'Typico plc'. The template illustrates how companies can report their strategy, targets, performance and benchmarking of a company's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and adapt to climate change. It also demonstrates how to connect emissions reporting data with financial data.