How to measure, report and verify soil carbon change to realize the potential of soil carbon sequestration for atmospheric greenhouse gas removal
University of Aberdeen · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada · +12 more institutions
Abstract
There is growing international interest in better managing soils to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) content to contribute to climate change mitigation, to enhance resilience to climate change and to underpin food security, through initiatives such as international '4p1000' initiative and the FAO's Global assessment of SOC sequestration potential (GSOCseq) programme. Since SOC content of soils cannot be easily measured, a key barrier to implementing programmes to increase SOC at large scale, is the need for credible and reliable measurement/monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) platforms, both for national reporting and for emissions trading. Without such platforms, investments could be considered…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 47.00
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 208
Authors
18Topics & keywords
- Carbon sequestration
- Greenhouse gas
- Environmental science
- Soil carbon
- Greenhouse gas removal
- Atmospheric carbon cycle
- Carbon fibers
- Measure (data warehouse)
Funding
- EFEnergi-, Forsynings- og KlimaministerietAward: SINKS2
- SRSight Research UKAwards: NE/P019455/1, NE/M021327/1
- UEUK Energy Research Centre
- ECEuropean Commission
- NZNew Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre
- NENatural Environment Research CouncilAwards: NE/M021327/1, NE/P019455/1
- H2Horizon 2020Award: 774378