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September 1 to 8, 2023

“4 per 1000” initiative - Soil - Food security - Solution - Carbon mitigation - Southeast Asia

August 7, 2023

Leveraging Dirt: Soil as Southeast Asia’s Under-explored Solution for Carbon Mitigation and Food Security

https://fulcrum.sg/leveraging-dirt-soil-as-southeast-asias-under-explored-solution-for-carbon-mitigation-and-food-security/


“4 per 1000” initiative - Quotation - Save Soil - Sadhguru - India

April 9, 2023

Response from govt, citizens overwhelming: Sadhguru on 1 year of 'Save Soil Movement' | Top Points

https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/sadhguru-save-soil-movement-one-year-achievements-video-what-is-save-soil-movement-by-sadhguru-jaggi-vasudev-2023-04-22-865828


Iniciativa “4 por 1000” - Mención - Institucional - Gobierno de España - Dotación

18 de julio de 2023

El Gobierno contribuye con 141.200 euros a organizaciones y programas internacionales de carácter agrícola, ganadero y pesquero

https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/prensa/ultimas-noticias/el-gobierno-contribuye-con-141.200-euros-a-organizaciones-y-programas-internacionales-de-car%C3%A1cter-agr%C3%ADcola-ganadero-y-pesquero/tcm:30-656981


Iniciativa “4 por 1000” - Mención - Gobierno de España - Dotación

18 de julio de 2023

El Gobierno contribuye con 141.200 euros a organizaciones agrícolas, ganaderas y pesqueras

https://valenciaplaza.com/gobierno-contribuye-141200-euros-organizaciones-agricolas-ganaderas-pesqueras


Iniciativa “4 por 1000” - Mención - Gobierno de España - Dotación

18 de julio de 2023

Aprobados 25 millones para créditos agrarios y 141.200 euros en programas internacionales

El objetivo de los fondos es facilitar el acceso a la financiación de pequeñas y medianas empresas del sector

https://www.eldia.es/nacional/2023/07/18/aprobados-25-millones-creditos-agrarios-90029113.html


Iniciativa “4 por 1000” - Mención - Suiza 

22 de junio de 2023

“Cultivar” carbono beneficia al suelo y al clima

https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/economia/cultivar-carbono-es-bueno-para-el-suelo-y-el-clima/48604318

Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon

Agriculture - Climate crisis - Global food shortage - Food security

September 5, 2023

Climate crisis could contribute to a global food shortage by 2050, US special envoy on food security warns

Cary Fowler says world needs to produce 50-60% more food by middle of the century but global heating is expected to reduce yield rates

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/05/climate-crisis-could-contribute-to-a-global-food-shortage-by-2050-us-special-envoy-on-food-security-warns


Agriculture - Farm Emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions - Billion-Dollar Plan - Scientists - US

September 5, 2023

A Billion-Dollar Plan to Fix Farm Emissions Might Make Things Worse

Agriculture is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions, so the US is getting serious about reform. But some scientists say current efforts are misguided.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/usda-climate-smart-agriculture#:~:text=But%20some%20scientists%20are%20worried,overall%20levels%20of%20greenhouse%20gases.


Agriculture - ‘Diversified farms’ - Birds - Biodiversity - Study - Costa Rica

September 9, 2023

‘Diversified farms’ provide sanctuary for Costa Rica birds — study

The findings may seem intuitive, said one ecologist, but it's extremely rare to have detailed long-term data from tropical regions to show that varied farming landscapes can sustain some forest bird populations.

https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2023/09/05/diversified-farms-provide-sanctuary-for-some-costa-rica-rainforest-birds-00113946


Agriculture - Climate change - Food insecurity - Lab-grown fruit - Scientists - New Zealand

September 7, 2023

In the face of climate change and food insecurity, New Zealand considers lab-grown fruit

Scientists will attempt to create fruit without the parts that are normally discarded like the core of an apple or orange pith

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/07/new-zealand-lab-grown-fruit?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-5


Agriculture - Carbon farming - Agriculture du carbone - Sols - Documentaire - Arte

31 août 2023

Carbon farming : l’agriculture du carbone 

On poursuit l'exploration de techniques agricoles alternatives au Pays basque où Felix utilise un système de pâturage "tournant" pour régénérer plus efficacement les sols et leur permettre d’absorber le CO2. En Bourgogne, Fabrice a créé une forêt-jardin, un écosystème formant un puissant piège à carbone.  Au Pays basque, Félix Noblia utilise un système de pâturage "tournant", consistant à déplacer régulièrement son troupeau d’une parcelle à l’autre. Les sols se régénèrent plus efficacement et sont plus à même d’absorber le CO2. En Bourgogne, Fabrice Desjours a créé un jardin-forêt : un écosystème constitué d’arbres fruitiers, qui forme un puissant piège à carbone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhQccUoW9j4


Agriculture - Sols - Sols vivants - Sarah Singla - Documentaire - Arte

31 août 2023

De la Terre-Mère au sol vivant | Roots (2/5) | ARTE

En France, dans le Massif central, Sarah Singla pratique une agriculture de conservation qui s’appuie sur trois principes : perturbation minimale du sol, couverture permanente de la terre et rotation des cultures. Dans le Périgord, Benoît Le Baube protège également ses champs en ne les labourant plus. Il utilise par ailleurs des déchets organiques pour fertiliser la terre.   En France, dans le Massif central, Sarah Singla pratique une agriculture de conservation qui s’appuie sur trois principes : perturbation minimale du sol, couverture permanente de la terre et rotation des cultures. Dans le Périgord, Benoît Le Baube protège également ses champs en ne les labourant plus. Il utilise par ailleurs des déchets organiques pour fertiliser la terre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9wRwvEHFsA


Agriculture - Désertification - Terres - Permaculture - Documentaire - Arte

31 août 2023

Désertification : extension du domaine de la lutte | Roots (1/5) | ARTE

Alors qu’un quart des émissions de gaz à effet de serre provient de l’agriculture, comment se nourrir sans abîmer la planète ? Le journaliste Pierre Girard rencontre des paysans et des paysannes qui prennent soin de la terre. Dans cet épisode, il découvre un système d'irrigation ancestral en Andalousie et la culture "en lasagnes" en Allemagne.  En Andalousie, face à l’assèchement des sols, l’agricultrice Remedios Arres a remis en place les acequias, un système d’irrigation inventé voilà plusieurs siècles, qui répand de l’eau dans le sol de façon équilibrée. En Allemagne, dans le Brandebourg, Johanna Häger s’inspire elle aussi de techniques ancestrales, qu’elle associe à des principes tirés de la permaculture, notamment celui de la culture en lasagnes – une superposition de couches de matériaux de compostage sur lesquelles les plantations se nourrissent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sabih757vIw


Agriculture - Climat - Fortes pluies - Québec

4 septembre 2023

[vidéo 2’37] - L’agriculture affectée par les fortes pluies - Explications de Martin Blanchet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSh1VBqlgmA


Agriculture - Soil - Soil degradation - Soil Health - Farmers - Land managers - Environmental activists - Save Soil - UK

September 2, 2023

‘Urgent action’ needed on unsustainable soil degradation, campaigners warn

Environmental activists have warned that farmers and land managers need more resources to restore soil health as the UK marks Organic September.

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/uk-government-government-england-soil-association-wales-b2403351.html

Policies and Governments

UE - Certification carbone - Cadre européen - Gaz à effet de serre - Réduction - Agriculteurs - Pratiques

6 septembre 2023

Certification carbone : vers un cadre européen plus large

Contrairement à ce qui avait été initialement proposé, le futur cadre européen de la certification carbone pourrait s'élargir et prendre en compte les pratiques qui permettent de réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre.

https://www.lafranceagricole.fr/c-carbone/article/844420/certification-carbone-vers-un-cadre-europeen-plus-large

Climate

Climate - Extreme weather - Climate action - Climate scientists

August 28, 2023

Dramatic climate action needed to curtail ‘crazy’ extreme weather

Heatwaves, wildfires and floods are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’, leading climate scientists say

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/28/dramatic-climate-action-needed-curtail-extreme-weather


Climate - Extreme weather - Summer 2023 - Climate scientists - World Meteorological Organization

September 6, 2023

This summer broke the world record for the highest temperature officially recorded

https://apnews.com/article/un-hottest-summer-climate-change-b7c7936070952da781af01288607b1f1


Climat - Eté 2023  - Chaleur - Monde - Observatoire européen Copernicus

6 septembre 2023

L’été 2023 a été le plus chaud jamais mesuré dans le monde, selon l’observatoire européen Copernicus

« L’effondrement climatique a commencé », a réagi mercredi le secrétaire général des Nations unies, Antonio Guterres, dans un communiqué.

https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2023/09/06/l-ete-2023-a-ete-le-plus-chaud-jamais-mesure-dans-le-monde-selon-l-observatoire-europeen-copernicus-l-effondrement-climatique-a-commence-affirme-le-secretaire-general-des-nations-unies_6188057_3244.html#xtor=AL-32280270-[mail]-[ios]

Money and Finance

Big business - EU - To cut emissions - 90 per cent

September 5, 2023

Big business urges EU to adopt target to cut emissions 'at least 90 per cent' by 2040

https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4124003/big-business-urges-eu-adopt-target-cut-emissions-90-cent-2040


Carbon credits - African carbon credits - Hundreds of millions of dollars - Climate summit

September 5, 2023

Hundreds of millions of dollars pledged for African carbon credits at climate summit

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/africa-climate-summit-opens-with-focus-financing-continental-unity-2023-09-04/

Policies and Governments

UE - Parlement européen - Commission de l’Agriculture - AGRI - Sols - Carbone - Rémunération

31 août 2023

Agriculture : des eurodéputés veulent rémunérer les absorptions de carbone

La commission de l’Agriculture (AGRI) du Parlement européen a proposé d’aller au-delà du champ d’application du nouveau cadre de l’UE pour la certification des puits de carbone en agriculture en prévoyant la rémunération et l’échange de certificats d’absorptions.

https://www.euractiv.fr/section/agriculture-alimentation/news/agriculture-des-eurodeputes-veulent-remunerer-les-absorptions-de-carbone/


EU - European Parliament - Committee on Agriculture - AGRI - Soils - Carbon - Remuneration

August 31, 2023

EU lawmakers insist on monetisation of carbon farming

https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-lawmakers-insist-on-monetisation-of-carbon-farming/?_ga=2.17339568.889813458.1693808728-1592044873.1693808728

Miscellaneaous

Chantiers - Agenda - France - Europe - Agriculture - Artificialisation des sols  - Biodiversité - France Nature Environnement

5 septembre 2023

Les grands chantiers de la rentrée

https://fne.asso.fr/actualites/les-grands-chantiers-de-la-rentree


Crédits carbone - Histoire - Compensation - Contribution - Explications

6 septembre 2023

Histoire des crédits carbone : vie et mort d'une fausse bonne idée ?

https://theconversation.com/histoire-des-credits-carbone-vie-et-mort-dune-fausse-bonne-idee-212903


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August 25 to September 1, 2023

“4 per 1000” initiative - Research -  Policy review for the 4‰ Initiative - Global soil governance

March 2023

Emerging new global soil governance structure in agrifood systems: Taking the “4 per 1,000” initiative as an example - Li Li, Xiaojing Song, Yang Liu, Li Chai

Food systems emit 21%-37% of the global greenhouse gases (GHGs). Soil degradation, accelerated by global warming, poses a threat to over 40% of the land surfaces, threatening food security. Keeping soils alive and healthy could not only play a part in food security, but also in sequestrating GHGs for climate mitigation. In 2015, the “4 per 1,000” Initiative was launched in Paris COP21, indicating that a “4‰” annual growth rate of the soil organic carbon sequestration could hold the temperature increase within 1.5°C−2°C. However, major GHG emitting countries haven't signed the 4‰ Initiative at national level. Political willingness need to be encouraged though institutional innovations in the global soil governance (GSG). This article conducts a comprehensive policy review for the 4‰ Initiative and attempts to develop the concept of global soil governance from an aspect of New Common But Differentiated Responsibility. The SOC sink targets reveal that countries like China, India, the UK, the US, and France take more pains than those like Australia, Russia, and Canada. A new “soil carbon rich” and “soil carbon poor” divide is perceived, which needs to be taken into the GSG as a restructuring motivation for setting a more practical and integrated framework. In that sense, some developed countries face similar challenges as the developing countries do, but could contribute more in finance and technology. Bandwagon of applying sustainable agricultural land management (SALM) methodology in carbon markets implies that soil-climate co-benefits get greater practical momentum with quantified trading platforms, which may stimulate potentiality if embodied in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1104252/full


“4 per 1000” initiative - Compost - Farming practices - Australia

June 12, 2023

The case for compost: why recycling food waste is so much better than sending it to landfill

https://theconversation.com/the-case-for-compost-why-recycling-food-waste-is-so-much-better-than-sending-it-to-landfill-205583


“4 per 1000” initiative - SOC sequestration - Conservation tillage practices - Green manure - Biochar - Study - South Korea

December 2022

Feasibility of 4 per 1000 initiative analyzed from national scale assessment of SOC sequestration by conservation tillage practices - Hyun, jun Ge, Yoo, Gayoung

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022AGUFMGC45E1005H/abstract


Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Séminaire Afrique de l’Ouest - Fondation FARM - Institutionnel

30 août 2023

Comment améliorer la santé des sols en Afrique de l’Ouest ?

Les agriculteurs d’Afrique de l’Ouest sont confrontés à une perte de fertilité chronique des sols agricoles. Leur vulnérabilité s’accentue dans un contexte toujours plus complexe : demande croissante en produits agricoles, instabilité géopolitique, changement climatique… Quelles solutions concrètes peuvent être diffusées pour améliorer la résilience des agricultures forestières ouest-africaines ? La Fondation FARM s’est rendue en Côte d’Ivoire à la rencontre de plusieurs acteurs de terrain.

https://fondation-farm.org/sante-sols-afrique-cote-ivoire/


Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Annonce séminaire

30 mai 2023

Stocker du carbone dans les sols pour freiner le changement climatique, une bonne idée ? séminaire à Paris

https://reporterre.net/Stocker-du-carbone-dans-les-sols-pour-freiner-le-changement-climatique-une-bonne-idee

Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon

Agriculture - Sols - Terres - Santé des sols

23 août 2023

Nos terres agricoles mal en point sont-elles récupérables?

https://www.ledevoir.com/environnement/796707/comment-contrer-l-infertilite-grandissante-des-sols-agricoles


Agriculture - Sols - Racines - Bonnes pratiques - Plantes de couverture

30 août 2023

Mettre des racines dans le sol

« Nos rendements sont assez stables bon an mal an et ils cherchent à tirer vers le haut » - Marie-Claude De Martin, Ferme Ajiro

https://www.lebulletin.com/cultures/sols-dexception/mettre-des-racines-dans-le-sol-129144


Agriculture - Sols - Matière organique - Paille - IRD

30 août 2023

La paille, meilleur atout pour augmenter la matière organique des sols

https://www.cultivar.fr/technique/la-paille-meilleur-atout-pour-augmenter-la-matiere-organique-des-sols


Agriculture - Riz - Tomates - Oignons - Prix - Climat - Exportations - Insécurité alimentaire

25 août 2023

Riz, tomates, oignons… En Inde, les prix explosent suite aux aléas climatiques.

Pour enrayer l’envolée des prix de l’alimentation, entraînée par l’inflation et les impacts du changement climatique, le gouvernement indien annonce depuis quelques semaines une série de mesures visant à sécuriser le marché intérieur. Parmi elles, l’interdiction de l’exportation du riz non-basmati concentre les inquiétudes, alors que l’insécurité alimentaire mondiale persiste à un niveau important.

https://www.novethic.fr/actualite/economie/isr-rse/riz-tomates-oignons-inde-prix-explosent-aleas-climatiques-151716.html?utm_source=Abonn%C3%A9s+Novethic&utm_campaign=0ca3f6dec1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_28_03_50&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-0ca3f6dec1-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D


Agriculture - Agriculteurs - Crédit carbone - Soil Capital

30 août 2023

Crédits carbone : 3,2 millions d'euros versés à 400 agriculteurs pour la régénération des sols

Soil Capital a versé cet été 3 200 000 millions d'euros à 400 agriculteurs. Une somme qui correspond à la « rémunération carbone » pour des pratiques agricoles vertueuses, qui améliorent la santé du sol et la séquestration du carbone. L’association poursuit son programme pour une agriculture « régénérative et rémunératrice ». Elle compte à ce jour 1000 agriculteurs engagés dans la démarche.

https://www.reussir.fr/32-meu-pour-400-agriculteurs-engages-dans-une-demarche-de-regeneration-des-sols


Agriculture - Agroecology - Agroecology alliance - Food production systems - Food security - AFSA - Congo Basin

August 28, 2023

Agroecology alliance calls for more food at less cost to nature in Congo Basin

* The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) will make the case for reorienting food production systems and agricultural policy at a meeting in Kinshasa from Aug. 29-31.

* Food security across the Congo Basin is threatened by impoverished soils, climate change, and displacement due to armed conflict, forum attendees say.

* Governments in the region back improved seeds and synthetic fertilizer for small-scale farmers as well as large-scale agriculture projects to boost yields and revenue.

* AFSA argues these strategies cause more harm than good to both farmers and forests, and calls for a turn to agroecological methods instead.

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/agroecology-alliance-calls-for-more-food-at-less-cost-to-nature-in-congo-basin/


Agriculture - Climate change - China’s cropland

August 24, 2023

Q&A: How is climate change affecting China’s cropland?

https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-is-climate-change-affecting-chinas-cropland/


Breeding - Cattle farming - Cows - Climate change - Heat stress - Study

August 24, 2023

Cattle farming expansion and unchecked climate change would expose more than 1 billion cows to heat stress, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-cattle-farming-expansion-unchecked-climate.html

Policies and Governments

Canada - Gouvernement - Sénatrice Paula Simons - Santé des sols - Sols des prairies

31 août 2023

La sénatrice Paula Simons veut que le gouvernement protège les sols des Prairies

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/pour-faire-un-monde/segments/entrevue/453893/paula-simons-prairies-qualite-agricole

 

Canada - Ottawa - Agriculture - Sols - Laboratoires vivants - Investissements

24 août 2023

Changements climatiques : 4,5 M$ investis dans les Laboratoires vivants de l’Î.-P.-É.

Des chercheurs et des agriculteurs de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard qui participent au programme Laboratoires vivants bénéficieront d’un financement de 4,5 millions de dollars sur les cinq prochaines années. Cet argent devrait participer à développer des pratiques qui aident les agriculteurs à s'adapter aux changements climatiques.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2005835/laboratoires-vivants-fermes-climat-ipe-living-labs


EU Commission - Green Deal commissioner - Šefčovič - Frans Timmermans

August 22, 2023

Šefčovič replaces Timmermans as EU Green Deal chief

The Green Deal commissioner was chosen to lead a left-wing alliance in the Netherlands’ November election.

https://www.politico.eu/article/frans-timmermans-quit-eu-climate-chief-return-dutch-politics/

Research - Study

“4 per 1,000” initiative - Research -  Policy review for the 4‰ Initiative - Global soil governance

March 2023

Emerging new global soil governance structure in agrifood systems: Taking the “4 per 1,000” initiative as an example - Li Li, Xiaojing Song, Yang Liu, Li Chai

Food systems emit 21%-37% of the global greenhouse gases (GHGs). Soil degradation, accelerated by global warming, poses a threat to over 40% of the land surfaces, threatening food security. Keeping soils alive and healthy could not only play a part in food security, but also in sequestrating GHGs for climate mitigation. In 2015, the “4 per 1,000” Initiative was launched in Paris COP21, indicating that a “4‰” annual growth rate of the soil organic carbon sequestration could hold the temperature increase within 1.5°C−2°C. However, major GHG emitting countries haven't signed the 4‰ Initiative at national level. Political willingness need to be encouraged though institutional innovations in the global soil governance (GSG). This article conducts a comprehensive policy review for the 4‰ Initiative and attempts to develop the concept of global soil governance from an aspect of New Common But Differentiated Responsibility. The SOC sink targets reveal that countries like China, India, the UK, the US, and France take more pains than those like Australia, Russia, and Canada. A new “soil carbon rich” and “soil carbon poor” divide is perceived, which needs to be taken into the GSG as a restructuring motivation for setting a more practical and integrated framework. In that sense, some developed countries face similar challenges as the developing countries do, but could contribute more in finance and technology. Bandwagon of applying sustainable agricultural land management (SALM) methodology in carbon markets implies that soil-climate co-benefits get greater practical momentum with quantified trading platforms, which may stimulate potentiality if embodied in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1104252/full


“4 per 1,000” initiative - SOC sequestration - Conservation tillage practices - Green manure - Biochar - Study - South Korea

December 2022

Feasibility of 4 per 1000 initiative analyzed from national scale assessment of SOC sequestration by conservation tillage practices - Hyun, jun Ge, Yoo, Gayoung

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022AGUFMGC45E1005H/abstract


Climate change - Pathways to 1.5C - Carbon capture - Carbon storage

August 23, 2023

Adjusting 1.5 degree C climate change mitigation pathways in light of adverse new information -

Ajay Gambhir, Shivika Mittal, Robin D. Lamboll, Neil Grant, Dan Bernie, Laila Gohar, Adam Hawkes, Alexandre Köberle, Joeri Rogelj & Jason A. Lowe

Understanding how 1.5 °C pathways could adjust in light of new adverse information, such as a reduced 1.5 °C carbon budget, or slower-than-expected low-carbon technology deployment, is critical for planning resilient pathways. We use an integrated assessment model to explore potential pathway adjustments starting in 2025 and 2030, following the arrival of new information. The 1.5 °C target remains achievable in the model, in light of some adverse information, provided a broad portfolio of technologies and measures is still available. If multiple pieces of adverse information arrive simultaneously, average annual emissions reductions near 3 GtCO2/yr for the first five years following the pathway adjustment, compared to 2 GtCO2/yr in 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic began. Moreover, in these scenarios of multiple simultaneous adverse information, by 2050 mitigation costs are 4-5 times as high as a no adverse information scenario, highlighting the criticality of developing a wide range of mitigation options, including energy demand reduction options.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40673-4


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