Soil organic carbon commitments under three Rio Conventions: Opportunities for integration

by Liesl | Feb 11, 2022

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2022.100052 Feb 2022 Agricultural land-based measures to protect and sequester soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks are increasingly recognized and advocated for their benefits to address climate change, tackle food security, support...

Assessment of agricultural policies to implement soil organic carbon (SOC) commitments in NDCs. Examples from Brazil and Rwanda.

by Ethan Baird | Nov 10, 2021

https://ccafs.cgiar.org/resources/publications/assessment-agricultural-policies-implement-soil-organic-carbon-soc Nov 2021 Countries with national agricultural policies providing quantified SOC-related mitigation actions and commitments can increase NDC transparency...

Countries’ commitments to soil organic carbon in Nationally Determined Contributions

by Ethan Baird | Aug 1, 2021

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2021.1969883 Aug 2021 Soil carbon is the major active pool of terrestrial carbon, and as such, soil organic carbon (SOC) targets, policies and measures will be pivotal to achieving global climate targets. SOC...

GIZ Synthesis Paper on Voluntary Carbon Markets for Soil Organic Carbon. Draft for Comment

by Ethan Baird | Oct 5, 2020

https://wiki.afris.org/display/4COP2/Voluntary+Carbon+Markets?preview=/106664894/106664895/Synthesispaper_Carbon_Markets.pdf Oct 2020 Despite their unique potential to sequester atmospheric carbon, SLM projects have not yet reached their full implementation potential...

GIZ Synthesis Paper on Holistic Climate Soil Carbon Monitoring Approaches and Potentials. Draft for Comment

by Ethan Baird | Oct 4, 2020

https://wiki.afris.org/display/4COP2/Monitoring?preview=/106664897/106664898/Synthesispaper_Monitoring.pdf Oct 2020 International interest in improved monitoring and reporting of SOC stocks and stock changes has been growing in relation to improved land management to...