December 8 to 15, 2023
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Citation - Sols - Loi - Marc-André Selosse - Agriculture régénératrice - Gaïago - France
11 décembre 2023
Faut-il une loi pour protéger les sols ?
Les sols jouent un rôle fondamental dans l’équilibre de nos écosystèmes et sont essentiels à notre alimentation. Or plus de 60 % des sols en Europe sont dégradés. À la croisée des enjeux environnementaux et économiques : comment restaurer les sols ? Comment les protéger ?
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Institutionnel - INRAE - Sols - Sciences pour tous
7 décembre 2023
REPLAY sciences pour tous : "Les sols : puits de carbone et acteurs du climat !"
Accroitre les stocks de carbone organique des sols représente un enjeu climatique et de sécurité alimentaire majeur. Eric Ceschia et Mathieu Fauvel, chercheurs INRAE au Centre d’études spatiales de la biosphère (CESBIO, CNRS/CNES/INRAE/IRD/UT3 Paul Sabatier), nous ont présenté leurs travaux sur la cartographie des cultures et l’étude de l’évolution des stocks de carbone dans la biomasse et les sols agricoles notamment grâce à la télédétection.
Retrouvez l’intégralité de leur conférence du mardi 5 décembre 2023 en replay !
https://www.inrae.fr/actualites/replay-sciences-tous-sols-puits-carbone-acteurs-du-climat
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Agriculture - Alimentation - Sols - Photosynthèse - Systèmes alimentaires - Géopolitique - Agroclimatologue - Serge Zaka
8 décembre 2023
Souveraineté alimentaire face au dérèglement climatique ? Serge Zaka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PMDmICN5Kk&t=47s
Agriculture - Sols - Secteur agricole - Carbone - Save Soil - Sadhguru - Europe
12 décembre 2023
Comment le commerce du carbone aide le secteur agricole européen
Agri-food - Funding - FAO report
11 December 2023
Agri-food funding to tackle climate change “strikingly low” – FAO report
The UN body claims financing to fight global warming has dropped dramatically.
https://www.just-food.com/news/agri-food-funding-to-tackle-climate-change-strikingly-low-fao-report/
Agriculture - Biochar - Charbon végétal - Sols
11 décembre 2023
[JT - 4’42] - Le biochar : un charbon végétal plus vertueux ?
https://www.tf1.fr/tf1/jt-20h/videos/le-biochar-un-charbon-vegetal-plus-vertueux-09686862.html
Agriculture - Agriculture régénératrice - Tikehau Capital - Axa - Unilever
13 décembre 2023
Agriculture régénératrice : "Pour transformer à grande échelle, il faut rassembler les ressources"
Tikehau Capital, Axa et Unilever ont lancé une stratégie de private equity à impact dédiée à la thématique de l’agriculture régénératrice. Cécile Cabanis et Laurent-David Charbit, respectivement directrice générale adjointe et co-gérant de la stratégie dédiée à l'agriculture régénératrice chez Tikehau Capital, reviennent sur la nécessité de transformer le système agricole et sur le rôle que peuvent jouer les investisseurs dans cette transition.
https://www.linfodurable.fr/environnement/agriculture-regeneratrice-rassembler-les-ressources-42459
COP28
COP28 final declaration - Agriculture - Food - Food Systems
Outcome of the first global stocktake. Draft decision -/CMA.5. Proposal by the President
See article 34 (page 6), article 55 (page 8), and points b and d of article 63 (page 9).
https://unfccc.int/documents/636608
COP28 - Résultats
13 décembre 2023
COP28 : près de 200 pays s'accordent pour la première fois sur une "transition hors des énergies fossiles" pour lutter contre le réchauffement climatique
COP28 - Results - Summary - Agriculture - Food - Food Systems - Carbon Brief
13 December 2023
COP28: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Dubai
Pick your chosen topic of interest and use the links at the start of the article to jump straight to it. https://www.carbonbrief.org/cop28-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-dubai/
COP28 - Bilan - Agriculture - Alimentation - Fondation FARM
13 December 2023
COP28 : quel bilan pour l’agriculture et l’alimentation ?
La COP28 s’est achevée mercredi 13 décembre sur un accord majeur appelant à « transitionner hors des énergies fossiles […] de manière juste, ordonnée et équitable […] afin d’atteindre la neutralité carbone en 2050 conformément aux préconisations scientifiques ». On note également des avancées marquantes tout au long de la COP comme la concrétisation du fonds « pertes et dommages » ou encore la place plus importante accordée à l’agriculture. La Fondation FARM propose un bilan des négociations et des déclarations concernant l’agriculture et l’alimentation.
https://fondation-farm.org/actualite/cop28-bilan-agriculture-alimentation/
COP28 - Food - Food Systems - Agriculture - Agricultural emissions - Dubai talks
10 December 2023
COP28: Food systems still off the menu at Dubai talks, despite flurry of fresh pledges
Sidelines of Summit deliver wave of pledges to boost the sustainability of food systems, but green groups voice frustration that action to tackle agrigultural emissions remain off the menu in the formal negotiations.
ANNOUNCEMENTS [source Nature4Climate - 11 December 2023]
Food, Agriculture and water:
COP28 - Food - Agriculture - Food systems - FAO - Roadmap
The FAO published its Roadmap for achieving 1.5 degrees and Zero Hunger (SDG2). This marks the first time the UN has established a global roadmap for how to align food systems with climate action. The first phase of the report, published yesterday, is global in scope. At COP29 the FAO will publish regional roadmaps, followed by national roadmaps at COP30.
COP28 - Food - Agriculture - Food systems transformation - ACF - Brazil - Norway - Sierra Leone - Cambodia - Rwanda
Alliance of Champions for Food Systems Transformation (ACF) was launched, co-chaired by Brazil, Norway and Sierra Leone, alongside founding members Cambodia and Rwanda. They have committed to deliver better outcomes on food across adaptation and resilience, climate mitigation, food and nutrition security, equity and livelihoods, and nature and biodiversity. Each country is pledging to strengthen national actions to transform food systems, consistent with science-based targets. They are seeking to develop a “gold standard” approach to food systems transformation, addressing the food systems in their entirety, from production, processing, distribution and consumption to waste.
COP28 - Food - Agriculture - Policy makers - Climate action - Toolkit - WWF - Global Alliance for the Future of Food - FAO - CGIAR - Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
The COP28 Agriculture, Food and Climate Action Toolkit was released yesterday. It is a resource to help national policymakers translate global climate and food commitments into local actions. The Toolkit was produced by a taskforce - which included WWF, Global Alliance for the Future of Food, Climate Focus, NDC Partnership, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations, CGIAR and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT - convened by the UAE COP28 Presidency.
COP28 - Declaration - Food - Agriculture - Food systems - Nations - Climate Action - Call to Action
The Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action has now been signed by more than 150 countries. The Call to Action for Transforming Food Systems for People, Nature and Climate has now been signed by more than 200 non-state actors across farmers and frontline communities, civil society, business, philanthropy and cities, each committing to 10 priority actions.
Declaration: https://www.cop28.com/food-and-agriculture
Call to Action: https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/system/food-systems-call-to-action/
COP28 - Food - Agriculture - Urban Rural Food systems - Transformation - TURFS
The Transforming Urban Rural Food Systems (TURFS) Consortium launched its Strategy for Food Systems Transformation at COP28 yesterday to empower and support cities to improve the way we produce and consume food in urban and rural areas.
COP28 - Food - Agriculture - FAST - Initiative
The FAST (Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation) Initiative launched at COP27 in Egypt held its inception meeting. The Initiative has three key aims - to improve access to climate finance and investment for food, to share knowledge and build capacity, and ensure food systems are embedded in climate policy. At the inception meeting, a Secretariat was established, the German Government pledged financial support to the Initiative and member states agreed to strengthen programme implementation and climate finance.
COP28 - Food - Agriculture - Climate - Initiative - UAE - US - Funding
The AIM4Climate (Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate) Initiative, a fund set up by the UAE and US, said funding had grown from US$8billion at this time last year to US$ 17 billion.
COP28 - Food - Food systems - Agriculture - CGIAR - World Food Program - Stability Peace Accelerator - Partnership - Funding
CGIAR and World Food Programme launched the Stability Peace Accelerator, a new partnership that will support food systems innovators in fragile contexts (in Nigeria, Mozambique, Yemen, Jordan) through science-driven entrepreneurship support and invite public and private stakeholders to collaborate, with the support of the African Development Bank (AfDB).
COP28 - Agriculture - Food - Agri-food system - Agri-food value chain - Net-zero - CANZA - Canada
The Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-food (CANZA) was launched. CANZA is a new national alliance to foster collaboration and innovation to drive Canada’s agri-food system towards net-zero. It brings together stakeholders from across the agri-food system in support of a net-zero agri-food value chain.
Policies and Governments
COP29 - Climate summit - Azerbaijan
10 December 2023
Azerbaijan wins regional backing to host COP29 climate summit
Norway - Climate adaptation - Smallholder farmers - Agreements - $47m
1 December 2023
Norway signs new agreements for climate adaptation with NOK 500 million
Government of France - Conservation International - Rob Walton Foundation - Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation - Fund - Forests - Nature - Climate - Reserves of carbon
9 December 2023
The Government of France and Conservation International with support from The Rob Walton Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation are launching a EUR 115 million Seed Fund for Forests, Nature and Climate.
DUBAI (Dec. 9, 2023) – Today, at COP28 in Dubai, the Government of France and Conservation International, with support from The Rob Walton Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, announced intentions for a EUR 115 million Seed Fund to kickstart natural-climate solutions as part of a new effort to promote investment in the protection of nature, an underfunded climate solution.
UK - UK Parliament - Soils - Food - Environment
5 December 2023
Take soil as seriously as air and water to protect food supply and environment, MPs urge
California - CDCA - USA - Karen Ross - Healthy Soils Week
4 December 2023
Secretary Ross kicks off Healthy Soils Week
https://plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=26950
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December 1 to 8, 2023
“4 per 1000” Initiative - Quote - Institutional - IRD - COP28 - Soil Health - Initiative Day
30 November 2023
COP28: IRD researchers promote a scientific perspective on climate issues
To support its partners in international cooperation on climate change, IRD scientists, along with scientific partners from the South, are taking part in COP28, which runs from November 30 to December 12 in Dubai, to speak out on three major issues: soil health, blue carbon credits and mining.
https://en.ird.fr/cop28-lird-porte-la-voix-de-la-science-pour-le-climat
“4 per 1000” Initiative - Agriculture - Soil - Carbon sink - Rémi Cardinael - Armwell Shumba - Vira Leng
November 2023
How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil
“4 per 1000” Initiative - Quote - Soil - SOC - Awards - China
9 October 2023
屏東縣政府環保局與台積電攜手 勇奪2023總統盃黑客松卓越團隊獎
https://n.yam.com/Article/20231009402455
in French: https://n.yam.com/Article/20231009402455
“4 per 1000” Initiative - Quote - 2nd Global Organic Youth Summit - IFOAM - China
9 October 2023
第二屆世界有機青年高峰會 9/13、9/14花蓮登場 / The 2nd Global Organic Youth Summit will be held in Hualien on September 13-14.
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Citation - Institutionnel - Sols - Afrique - Fondation FARM
5 décembre 2023
Fertilisation des sols en Afrique : entre organique et minéral, un jeu d’équilibriste
https://fondation-farm.org/fertilisation-sols-afrique-organique-mineral/
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Agriculture - Sols - Carbone - Climat - Solutions
3 décembre 2023
[JT RTS à 25:04] - Sols agricoles : un pouvoir insoupçonné
https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/19h30/video/19h30?urn=urn:rts:video:14523676
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Citation - Institutionnel - Sols - Climat - Cirad
4 décembre 2023
Les sols, objet de lutte contre le changement climatique
Les terres émergées séquestrent environ 30 % de nos émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Ce puits de carbone est cependant menacé, sous l’effet du changement climatique et des changements d’usage des sols. Des pratiques agricoles inspirées de l’agroécologie permettraient de maintenir le potentiel de stockage des terres cultivées et des pâturages, tout en répondant aux enjeux de sécurité alimentaire. Sur la scène internationale, les capacités de stockage des sols pourraient devenir un objet de négociation et modifier les relations entre pays.
Initiative « 4 pour 1000 » - Citation - Institutionnel - IRD - COP28 - Santé des sols - Journée de l’Initiative
30 novembre 2023
COP28 : des scientifiques de l'IRD portent la voix de la science pour le climat
Afin de soutenir ses partenaires dans la coopération internationale face au changement climatique, des scientifiques de l’IRD, accompagnés de partenaires scientifiques du Sud, participent à la COP28, qui se tient du 30 novembre au 12 décembre à Dubaï, pour porter trois sujets majeurs : la santé des sols, les crédits carbone bleu et les extractions minières.
https://www.ird.fr/cop28-lird-porte-la-voix-de-la-science-pour-le-climat
Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil - Food Security - Forest - Carbon
Soil - Protection - Save Soil Movement - COP28
6 December 2023
If We Achieve Anything at COP28, It Must Be the Protection of Our Soil
As climate negotiations in Dubai enter their second week, Praveena Sridhar, Chief Technical Officer for the Save Soil Movement, discusses the importance of soil and why world leaders should not forget about it.
Soil - Soil health - Climate change mitigator
5 December 2023
World Soil Day: Soil health, a critical climate change mitigator
Often regarded as mere dirt on the Earth's surface, soil is, in fact, a complex a complex symbiotic system comprising organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and living organisms.
https://ddnews.gov.in/international/world-soil-day-soil-health-critical-climate-change-mitigator
Agriculture - Soil carbon capture - Cover cropping - Biologicals Fertilizers - Climate crisis
4 December 2023
Five Ways Agriculture Can Help Solve The Climate Crisis
Agriculture - Regenerative Agriculture - Food systems - Climate challenges
30 November 2023
Why regenerative agriculture is only a part of the answer to sustainable food systems
No single solution can solve our food and climate challenges.
Agriculture - Climate - Food Crisis - CGIAR - Funding
2 December 2023
Countries Commit USD 890 Million to Accelerate Agricultural Innovation and Address Climate and Food Crises
CGIAR, the world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research network, has secured more than USD 890 million to accelerate progress against the ongoing global food and climate crises. With this funding, CGIAR will expand its work supporting smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries to shape more resilient, sustainable, and equitable food systems, reduce emissions from farming, and boost access to nutritious, healthy diets. [source Nature4Climate]
Agriculture - ACS - Agriculture de conservation des sols - Sols - APAD
6 décembre 2023
L’Apad demande un cadre pour démocratiser l’agriculture de conservation des sols
Perturbation mécanique minimale des sols, couverture organique permanente et diversification des espèces : les trois piliers de l’agriculture de conservation des sols représentent une des solutions face au changement climatique, pour l’Association pour la promotion de l’agriculture durable (Apad). Son président, François Mandin, dénonce toutefois un manque de soutien et d’accompagnement des agriculteurs pour aller vers cette transition.
Forêts - Réchauffement climatique - Climat - Carbone - Neutralité carbone - France
3 décembre 2023
Les forêts françaises, cruciales pour atteindre la neutralité carbone en 2050, sont menacées par le réchauffement climatique
OIV - Pau Roca
7 décembre 2023
Pau Roca, Directeur Général de l’OIV est décédé
L’Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin vient d'annoncer la disparition à l’âge de 65 ans de Pau Roca, élu à la tête de l’Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin pour un mandat de cinq ans lors de l’Assemblée générale de l’OIV 2018 en Uruguay.
https://www.terredevins.com/actualites/pau-roca-directeur-general-de-loiv-est-decede
COP28
CoP28 - Food - Agriculture - 130 nations - Climate plans
1er December 2023
Over 130 nations agree to include food, agriculture in climate plans
More than 130 countries agreed to prioritise food and agriculture in their national climate plans at COP28 in Dubai Friday in a move hailed by observers despite fears over its silence on the role of fossil fuels.
Official: https://www.cop28.com/en/news/2023/12/COP28-UAE-Presidency-puts-food-systems-transformation
CoP28 - Food - Agriculture - 30 organizations - Statement to Parties
6 December 2023
Food and Ag in (or, more accurately, not in) the GST :
More than 30 organizations have issued a statement to Parties expressing their concern on the omission of food systems in the GST text, calling on them to urgently address this emission.
"We ask Parties to work urgently to adequately reflect this ambition and recognition in the Global Stocktake decision text, in the context of adaptation and mitigation, based on the best available science. The outcome must also inform Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), equitably considering the synergies that climate action on food offers with other global and national priorities - as well as the risks which must be navigated.The current draft is a far cry from what is needed."
[source Nature4Climate]
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fd9yEzX24Tm_vR66FFNwIg4SaD958jMbGpY3dly5LY4/edit?pli=1
CoP28 - Climate finance
6 December 2023
Who is pledging climate finance at COP28, and how much?
At this year's U.N. climate summit, countries, development institutions and businesses are pledging more money for everything from the energy transition to health care initiatives, technology investments, disaster relief and more.
CoP29 climate summit - Moldova - Serbia
6 December 2023
Exclusive: Moldova volunteers to run COP29 climate summit, Serbia also mulls bid -sources
CoP28 - Agriculture - Systèmes alimentaires - Coalition - 134 pays
4 décembre 2023
Neutralité carbone, agriculture, énergies renouvelables… : les principales coalitions lancées à la COP28
"La Déclaration des Émirats représente un changement de mentalité majeur. Le système alimentaire mondial - qui représente un tiers des émissions est très vulnérable aux impacts climatiques - est désormais à l'agenda climatique et le compte à rebours pour agir a commencé", a réagi Wanjira Mathai, directrice générale pour l'Afrique et les partenariats mondiaux au World Resources Institute. https://www.novethic.fr/actualite/environnement/climat/isr-rse/neutralite-carbone-agriculture-energies-renouvelables-transport-maritime-charbon-les-5-principales-coalitions-lancees-a-la-cop28-151940.html?utm_source=Abonn%C3%A9s+Novethic&utm_campaign=78f0661259-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_12_04_05_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-78f0661259-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
CoP28 - Agriculture - Food Systems - Role - Climate crisis
1er December 2023
At COP28, the Role of Food Systems in the Climate Crisis Will Get More Attention Than Ever
As food and agriculture take center stage, industry groups plan a full-on campaign to downplay the carbon impacts of meat and dairy.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01122023/cop28-food-agriculture-climate-change/
ANNOUNCEMENTS [source Nature4Climate - 4 December 2023]
The COP28 Action Agenda on Regenerative Landscapes was launched. A flagship initiative of the COP28 Presidency, chaired by COP28, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and Boston Consulting Group, and supported by the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, the initiative aims to work together in the lead up to COP30 to overcome key challenges and jointly accelerate the transition towards future-proofed food and agriculture systems.
ANNOUNCEMENTS [source Nature4Climate - 2 December 2023]
Food COP:
* During the World Climate Action Summit on Friday, UAE environment and climate change minister Mariam Almheiri announced the Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action. Some 134 countries signed the agreement at the time of the announcement which included the intention to make food systems a part of future NDCs.
* Separately, the Climate Champions announced that over 150 non-state actors have signed a Call to Action calling for transformation of food systems for people, nature and climate. (We’ll be writing a short article on Food at COP in an upcoming issue).
* The World Economic Forum, with support from the Government of the United Arab Emirates, along with more than 20 corporate and research partners in the food sector, launched today the First Movers Coalition for Food aiming for a combined procurement value for low-carbon commodities of $10-$20 billion from coalition members.
* The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that will help smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia adapt to climate change with new commitments totaling US$200 million.
Policies and Governments
Ireland - €70 million for research centres - Climate - Sustainable food
5 December 2023
€70 million for research centres on climate and sustainable food
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD and Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan and Permanent Secretary at Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Katrina Godfrey recently announced €70 million in joint funding to create two new research centres.
Canada - Senators - Soil Health - Video
5 December 2023
Senators and Soil Health: A study takes root
It’s taking root and bearing fruit! The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry’s soil study is uncovering how soil contributes to our health, the environment and the economy.
From farms and ranches to laboratories and meeting rooms, senators are discovering what makes soil healthy, which forces threaten it and how to preserve and enhance this vital natural resource.
Watch the video below to dig into the evidence senators on the committee are gathering.
https://sencanada.ca/en/sencaplus/news/senators-and-soil-health-a-study-takes-root/
Tunisie - Sols - Banque de données
5 December 2023
Nécessité d’une banque de données et d’informations pour superviser le sol
Il est impératif de mettre en place une banque numérisée de données et d’informations sur les caractéristiques des sols afin de permettre d’améliorer les indicateurs agricoles et de concevoir les cartographies avec plus de précision, tout en les reliant aux cartes de protection des terres agricoles dans les différents gouvernorats, a souligné le secrétaire d’Etat, chargé des ressources hydrauliques, Ridha Gabouj.
Research - Study
Soil tillage - No-Tillage - Cropping system - Research
November 2023
Soil Tillage and Cropping System Effects on the Physical-Hydric Properties of a Soil under No-Tillage - Tiago Stumpf Da Silva and all
Agriculture - Conservation agriculture - Impact - Soil - SOC - Organic carbon pools - sub-tropical rice-based system - Research
November 2023
Conservation agriculture's impact on total and labile organic carbon pools in calcareous and non-calcareous floodplain soils under a sub-tropical rice-based system - Rakhi Rani Sarker and all
Agriculture - Cropland - Impact - Soil Organic Carbon - SOC - Farm management systems - Southern Italy - Research
October 2023
Modelling and mapping Soil Organic Carbon in annual cropland under different farm management systems in the Apulia region of Southern Italy - Matteo Petito and all
Tools - Data
CO₂ - Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Food - Agriculture - Data
December 2023
CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
