Soil & Natural Sequestration
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Climate & SocietyEuropeFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSoil & Natural Sequestration
Rural Group Urges Closer Look at Climate Impact, Benefits of Livestock
An agriculture and rural coalition in Europe is asking a question that is controversial with many climate and environment hawks: whether livestock production is ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalJurisdictionsSoil & Natural Sequestration
Paris Agreement Pushes Soil Carbon Efforts Toward Implementation
The push to enshrine soil carbon as a climate mitigation strategy exceeded all expectations at the United Nations climate summit in Paris, Courtney White ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFood SecuritySoil & Natural Sequestration
Lima-Paris Agenda Includes Action on ‘Carbon Farming’
An action plan signed during the UN climate summit in Paris last month includes the world’s first-ever commitments to include carbon capture in soil ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeForests & DeforestationInternationalJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergySoil & Natural Sequestration
New Ag Practices Would Improve Soils, Sequester Carbon
France took advantage of the United Nations climate summit in Paris to promote its 4 Pour 1,000 Initiative, an effort to lock more carbon ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFood SecurityHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyResearch & DevelopmentSoil & Natural SequestrationWater
‘Climate-Smart’ Agriculture is ‘Spurious’: Report
Research groups from Canada and Germany have come out swinging against a big international initiative to harness genetically engineered crops for climate adaptation and ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySevere Storms & FloodingSoil & Natural SequestrationSolarUnited StatesWind
Lower-Carbon Iowa Embraces Solar, Wind, and Soil Improvement
A clean energy revolution is taking hold in Iowa, the New York Times reports, as “old story lines of denial and cynicism” give way ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyFood SecurityInternationalJurisdictionsSoil & Natural Sequestration
Climate Treaty Must Address Agrifood, Soil, Scientists Urge
While the energy and transport sectors often dominate international meetings and negotiations on climate change, agricultural scientists are getting organized to draw attention to ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationInternational Agencies & StudiesSoil & Natural Sequestration
Lands and Oceans Losing Capacity to Absorb CO2
The earth’s lands and oceans “are becoming steadily less effective at removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,” making it that much more urgent ... -
BioenergyCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySoil & Natural Sequestration
Biochar Could Offer ‘Legitimate Climate Solution’
Soil holds more carbon than the atmosphere and all plant and animal life combined, and that makes biochar a potentially powerful climate solution, according ... -
Rangeland Compost Could Sequester Gigatonnes of Carbon
Scattering compost on rangelands could take gigatonnes of carbon out of the atmosphere, according to research at the UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, ... -
Soil Conditions May Limit Tree Migration in a Changing Climate
Soil conditions and seed predation could affect the ability of trees to migrate in response to climate change, according to a paper in the ...
