Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil Health - Forestry - Food
Soil Health - Farmers - No-Till - Cover crops - Indiana - U. S.
November 15, 2021
Focus on whole-Farm soil health. This farm’s use of no-till and cover crops spans decades.
https://www.agriculture.com/crops/cover-crops/focus-on-whole-farm-soil-health
Soil Health - online workshops - University of Nevada - U. S.
November 17, 2021
University offers series of online workshops on soil health. Soil health key to successful food production.
https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2021/soil-health-workshops
Salud de los suelos - Agricultura - Producción de alimentos - Coalición CA4SH - Rattan Lal
11 de noviembre de 2021
Premio Nobel propone reducir suelos agrícolas
Rattan Lal señaló que deben producirse más alimentos en menos terreno y con menos recursos
Cattle rangers - Monitor - Ecological impact - U.S. rangelands - Study
November 12, 2021
New study helps cattle ranchers monitor ecological impact on U.S. rangelands
Agriculture - Diversité - France
12 novembre 2021
«La diversité de notre agriculture nous est enviée par bon nombre de pays»
FIGAROVOX/TRIBUNE - On oppose souvent les différents types d'agriculture. La grande chance de la France est justement la diversité unique au monde de ses productions, argumentent deux agriculteurs français.
Agriculture - Mesures - Changements climatiques - COP26
13 novembre 2021
COP26 : quelles mesures pour l'agriculture face au changement climatique ?
Forêt - Sols - Séquestration carbone - Partie de la solution - Changements climatiques
15 novembre 2021
La forêt face aux changements climatiques
https://www.lapresse.ca/debats/opinions/2021-11-15/la-foret-face-aux-changements-climatiques.php
Trees - To offset carbon emissions - Climate - To need a bigger planet
November 13, 2021
We’re going to need a bigger planet: the problem with fixing the climate with trees
Planting trees to offset carbon emissions sounds great, but where are we going to put them all?
Rangers - Conservationists - Cattle - Move - Carbon - Soil
October 31, 2021
Keeping Cattle on the Move and Carbon in the Soil
Ranchers and conservationists, once unlikely allies, are teaming up to preserve grasslands, which act as a carbon dioxide sink that could support climate goals.
Policies - Governments - COP26
COP26
(Nov 18, 2021) Quick round up of some of the most important announcements on nature-based solutions by Nature4Climate:
Forests
- Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use: 141 governments covering 90% of the world’s forests agreed to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030
- US-China Joint Statement on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s: the US and China committed to “eliminating global illegal deforestation through effectively enforcing their respective laws on banning illegal imports.”
Forest Finance
- Global Forest Finance Pledge: donor countries pledged more than $12 billion between 2021-25 of public climate finance
- Congo Basin Finance: 12 public and private entities pledged $1.5 billion to protect forests in the Congo Basin
- IPLC Finance: 14 public and private entities pledged $1.7 billion to advance IPLC forest tenure rights
- More than $7 billion announced in private funding, including:
- Innovative Finance for the Amazon, Cerrado and Chaco(IFACC): $3 billion pledged to channel funding to deforestation-free soy and cattle production in Latin America.
- Natural Capital Investment Alliance: announced 12 new members, and announced plans to mobilise $10 billion in private capital for sustainable forest and land management
- Bezos Earth Fund: pledged additional $2 billion to restore natural habitats and transform food systems
- The LEAF Coalitionannounced it surpassed the $1 billion target ($500 million of private finance) to provide finance to tropical and subtropical countries that reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation
- Commitment on Eliminating Agricultural Commodity-Driven Deforestation: 30 financial institutions with over $8.7 trillion of global assets committed to eliminate investment in activities linked to agricultural commodity driven deforestation
- Multilateral Development Bank Joint Nature Statement: 9 MDBs agreed to mainstream nature into their policies, analysis, assessments, advice, investments, and operations
- Forest Investor Club: launched network of leading public and private financial institutions and other investors to unlock and scale up investments that support sustainable, climate-aligned outcomes in the land sector
Trade & Supply Chains
- Forest, Agriculture, and Commodity Trade (FACT) Roadmap: 28 governments, representing 75% of global trade in key commodities that can threaten forests agreed to deliver sustainable trade and reduce pressure on forests
- Agricultural Commodity Companies Corporate Statement of Purpose:12 of the largest companies managing over half of global trade in key forest-risk commodities agreed to lay out a shared roadmap for enhanced supply chain action consistent with a 1.5 degree Celsius pathway by COP 27
- Responsible Commodities Facility: initiative that will partner with actors in the soy supply chain to provide funding for the production and trade of deforestation- and conversion-free (DCF) soy from the Cerrado region of Brazil
- Soy Manifesto: 27 companies committed to cutting deforestation and habitat destruction out of UK soy supply chains as soon as possible and by 2025 at the latest
Agriculture
- ReGen10: group of organizations and companies announced collective action plan to scale regenerative food production systems, worldwide, by 2030
- Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate: the US and UAE launched initiative focused on increasing investment and enabling greater public-private and cross-sectoral partnerships, intended to both raise global climate ambition, and underpin transformative climate action in the agriculture sector in all countries
- Global Action Agenda for Innovation in Agriculture: 160 partners agreed to close the innovation gap in agriculture, with new technologies and methods of producing food which protect nature
- Policy Action Agenda for the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture: set out pathways and actions that countries can take to repurpose public policies and support to food and agriculture, to deliver these outcomes and enable a just rural transition
Country Pledges
- Belize: launched $100 million marine conservation trust fund and committed to placing all remaining lands in Belize Barrier Reef system under protection
- Colombia: committed to protecting 30% of land by 2022
- Ecuador: established new marine reserve in Galapagos Islands of 60,000 sq km, added to 130,000 sq km which exist in reserve
- Ghana: plans to plan 20 million trees in 2022
- Pakistan: announced Recharge Pakistan initiative to boost nature reserves, climate adaptation and ecosystem restoration, and plant 10 billion trees
- Brazil: committed to end deforestation by 2028
- Comoras: committed to One Comorian One Tree Initiative to reforest 10% of national territory; commitment to ensure 30% of land is forested by 2030
- Nepal: achieve net-zero forest degradation and reduce deforestation by 90% by 2030 and cutting forest fires by 70%
- United States: released Plan to Conserve Forests: Global Carbon Sinksand pledged $9 billion by 2030 to help the effort.
Carbon Markets - Article 6 - COP26
November 13, 2021
Reuters reports that the Glasgow COP26 agreement has finalized the statutes of Article 6. The accord managed to overcome a series of sticking points that contributed to the failure of the previous two major climate meetings. Previously, there was disagreement over a tax on certain carbon trades intended to fund climate adaptation in poorer nations. The deal addressed this with a compromise that had a two-track approach. Bilateral trades of offsets between countries will not face the tax. The deal suggests developing nations capitulated to rich nations demands, including the United States, which had objected the levy. In a separate centralised system for issuing offsets, 5% of proceeds from offsets will be collected to go toward an adaptation fund for developing countries. Also in that system, 2% of the offset credits will be cancelled. That aims to increase overall emissions cuts by stopping other countries using those credits as offsets to reach their climate targets. [Source Nature4Climate]
COP26 Deal to Pave Way for Carbon Markets Growthblank
https://www.esginvestor.net/cop26-deal-to-pave-way-for-carbon-markets-growth/
COP26: Governments approve Article 6 emissions trade deal after overtime compromises
https://carbon-pulse.com/144069/
COP26 - Engagements - Résumé
13 novembre 2021
COP26 : limitation timide des énergies fossiles, pas d'aides nouvelles aux pays vulnérables... Ce qu'il faut retenir de la conférence sur la crise climatique
La COP26 s'est achevée, samedi à Glasgow, avec le vote du pacte de Glasgow pour le Climat par les quelque 200 pays présents. Franceinfo fait le bilan d'une conférence marquée par de nombreux engagements thématiques, mais dont le résultat final a déçu les pays les plus exposés.
COP26 - Pacte de Glasgow - Pays riches - Déni climatique
15 novembre 2021
COP26 : le pacte de Glasgow, reflet du déni climatique des pays riches.
Le dénouement de la COP26, marqué par l’intervention de l’Inde pour demander non plus une sortie du charbon mais une réduction, n’est en fait que le résultat de décennies de déni climatique de la part des pays riches. Sur la réduction des émissions, la solidarité avec les pays du Sud et la sortie de toutes les énergies fossiles, ils ont manqué à leurs promesses. Cela n’a fait que contribuer à creuser le fossé et la méfiance entre les deux blocs.
COP26 - Echec
14 novembre 2021
COP26 : de nouveaux engagements… l’an prochain
Malgré certaines avancées, la COP26 a échoué. Les États doivent revoir leur copie dès 2022 tandis que le fossé Nord-Sud se creuse. La fièvre planétaire, elle, ne fera pas de “bla bla bla”.
COP26 - Objectif 1,5°C ?
13 novembre 2021
COP26 : l’objectif des 1,5 °C maintenu en respiration artificielle
Science, inerties climatiques et économiques… Tout indique que nous dépasserons le seuil des 1,5 °C de réchauffement. Mais la COP26 et les dirigeants du monde se sont accrochés à cet objectif.
COP27 - Africa - To lead the climate conversations
November 16, 2021
Road to COP 27: It’s time for Africa to lead the climate conversations
As COP26 ends, Nature4Climate’s coalition lead James Lloyd, looks forward to COP27 and the the issues likely to be the focus of the first COP to be staged in Africa
Policies - Governments
Soil Health law - European Union’s soil strategy - 2023
November 17, 2021
Soils to receive same legal status as air, water in first EU-wide soil health law
Union Européenne - Loi protection des sols - 2023
17 novembre 2021
Environnement : l’Union européenne proposera pour 2023 une loi de protection des sols
Commission Européenne - Nouvelles propositions - Déforestation - Sols
17 novembre 2021
La Commission adopte de nouvelles propositions pour faire cesser la déforestation, innover dans la gestion durable des déchets et assainir les sols
Les trois propositions dévoilées aujourd"hui par la Commission visent à enrayer la déforestation imputable à l'UE, faciliter les transferts de déchets à l'intérieur de l'Union, et améliorer une meilleure protection des sols en Europe.
La déforestation importée et les sols au menu de l’Europe
EU - Deforestation - Beef and coffee import - Ban
November 17, 2021
EU aims to curb deforestation with beef and coffee import ban
Raft of commodities would be prohibited under draft law in fight to protect world’s endangered forests
Union Européenne - Déforestation - Importations bœuf et café - Interdiction
17 novembre 2021
L’UE vise à freiner la déforestation avec une interdiction d’importation de bœuf et de café
UE - Déforestadas - Importación de alimentos - Veto
17 novembre 2021
La UE propone un veto a la importación de alimentos y madera de áreas deforestadas
Maroc - Lancement Campagne agricole - Adaptation – Durabilité - Climat
15 novembre 2021
Programme national de semis direct : 50.000 hectares ciblés au titre de l’actuelle campagne. Vers une agriculture durable et éco-efficiente
Cette orientation s’inscrit dans le cadre de la stratégie agricole «Al Jayl Al Akhdar» en vue de renforcer la résilience climatique de l’agriculture marocaine et la durabilité du système agricole pour les céréales et l’amélioration de la santé des sols agricoles au Maroc.
UE - Plan d’investissement - Missions de recherche - 1,9 milliards d’euros
12 novembre 2021
L’UE annonce un plan d’investissement de 1,9 milliard d’euros pour soutenir des missions de recherche
Research
US ranches - Sustainability - Indicators - Study
October 25, 2021
Researchers evaluate and identify consistent indicators to support sustainability on U.S. ranches
Standardized ecological, social and economic indicators can help ranchers track and communicate about sustainability.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/932644#.YXpWmUOBQ1g.mailto
Elevage - Effet Antiobiotique - Sols - Santé des sols - Science
15 novembre 2021
Un scientifique découvre l’effet curieux sur le sol d’un antibiotique destiné au bétail
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Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil Health - Forestry - Food
Déforestation mondiale - Baisse
9 novembre 2021
La déforestation nette mondiale est à la baisse !
Agriculteurs - Agriculture carbone - Perspectives - Marché
9 novembre 2021
Les agriculteurs voient des perspectives dans l’agriculture du carbone, mais doivent être guidés par le marché
Livestock - Meat - Food - Climate issue - COP26
November 9, 2021
COP26: meat eating is a big climate issue – but isn’t getting the attention it deserves
Smallholders - Call for climate protection - Production Global food - CGIAR
November 8, 2021
Call for climate protection for smallholders that produce one third of global food
Brazilian Farmers - Would Like to Be Paid - Protect the Amazon Rainforest
November 7, 2021
Brazilian Farmers Who Protect the Amazon Rainforest Would Like to Be Paid
Some say they would protect forests on their land if compensated through a carbon-credit program on the agenda in Glasgow
Pastoral farmers - Indigenous communities - Sustainable livestock - Carbon sink
October 29, 2021
COP26: Pastoral farmers from indigenous communities around the world to make case for sustainable livestock
The farmers argue that their farms are a great carbon sink and a sustainable way to produce meat
Farms - Climate change - Adjust - Vilsack - COP26
November 7, 2021
Farms must adjust to climate change, Vilsack warns at COP 26
https://www.eenews.net/articles/farms-must-adjust-to-climate-change-vilsack-warns-at-cop-26/
Food systems - Sustainable - Climate action
November 11, 2021
Greener and more sustainable food systems should be at the centre of climate action
Cop26 presents the perfect opportunity to highlight the symbiotic relationship between climate change adaptation and resilient food systems, writes Ban Ki-moon.
Food systems - Emissions - Rose 17% over - UN
November 8, 2021
Food systems emissions rose 17% over past three decades, UN says
https://www.ft.com/content/c9ba6b7f-e8f9-4758-9890-6b53a39f987b
Meat industry groups - Paris Agreement - Emissions targets by 2030 - US - COP26
November 8, 2021
Meat industry groups pledge to meet Paris Agreement emissions targets by 2030
Members of the North American Meat Institute, which represents about 95 percent of the country’s meat producers, have committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with international climate targets by 2030, the association announced on Tuesday.
Soy Manifesto - To cut deforestation - Supply chains - UK industry leaders - COP26
November 6, 2021
UK industry leaders unite to cut deforestation- and conversion-linked soy from supply chains by 2025
Leading brands including Tesco, Nestle, Sainsbury’s, Nando’s, KFC UK and Ireland, Morrisons and McDonald’s UK and Ireland have signed up to the new UK Soy Manifesto. They have committed to buying only soya that has been grown without deforestation or removal of native vegetation by 2025.
https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/uk-soy-manifesto/
Vins français - Changement climatique - Plan de survie
8 novembre 2021
Changement climatique : le plan de survie révolutionnaire des vins français
Alors que les négociations se poursuivent à la COP 26, La Tribune se penche sur un secteur frappé de plein fouet par le changement climatique : le monde du vin. Le réchauffement des températures et, d'une manière générale, la répétition des aléas climatiques menacent non seulement les volumes de production (au point même de remettre en cause à long terme la pérennité de certaines régions viticoles), mais aussi la qualité des vins. Face à ce double défi, la filière viti-vinicole mise sur l'innovation pour préparer la viticulture du futur. Un mélange de sciences et d'empirisme détonnant que raconte La Tribune dans une vingtaine d'articles qui seront publiés tout au long de la semaine.
Agriculture - Système agricole - Décryptage - Documentaire - Québec
8 novembre 2021
Le système agricole décortiqué
La série documentaire À travers champs, présentée sur Savoir média, décortique l’agriculture québécoise et les enjeux soulevés par le système actuel. « L’agriculture, ce n’est pas que des choix alimentaires, souligne l’animatrice Marie-Claude Lortie, ce sont des choix de société. »
Biochar - Développement industriel - COP26
10 novembre 2021
Le développement industriel du biochar lancé à la COP26
COP26 - General topics
COP26 - Nature4Climate - Daily brief
November 2021
During COP26, Nature4Climate publishes a daily brief with the day's news, highlights ...
https://nature4climate.org/news/
COP26 - Live en français
Novembre 2021
COP26 - Réchauffement climatique - Lexique
4 novembre 2021
Réchauffement climatique : lexique pour tout comprendre à la COP26
Biosphère, crédit carbone, effet papillon… Autant de termes régulièrement utilisés en cette Conférence mondiale sur le climat. Pour tout comprendre à la COP26, voici un glossaire du réchauffement climatique.
COP26 - Réchauffement climatique - 1,8°C
6 novembre 2021
COP26 : Il serait possible de limiter le réchauffement à 1,8°C
Un réchauffement limité à 1,8°C serait envisageable si toutes les nouvelles promesses sont tenues sur le long terme estime l’Agence internationale de l’Énergie. Annonce refroidie par une étude parue dans “Science” qui limite les nouveaux engagements (NDC) des États à 34 % de chances de contenir le réchauffement à 2°C et… 1,5 % à 1,5°C.
COP26 - Situation climatique - Gravité - 10 chiffres
1er novembre 2021
COP26 : la gravité de la situation climatique en 10 chiffres
Températures, gaz à effet de serre, précipitations, fonte des glaces, hausse du niveau de la mer, acidification des océans, famine… Le rapport provisoire de l’Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM) sur l’état du climat en 2021 dresse un nouveau panorama alarmant de la situation climatique actuelle. Avec un réchauffement de “seulement” 1,09 °C environ.
COP26 week one - Impression of progress - Not nearly enough
November 6, 2021
Cop26 week one: the impression of progress – but not nearly enough
Analysis: the ‘significant outcomes’ came thick and fast but there are question marks about credibility
COP26 - Annonces - Engagements - Crédibilité
6 novembre 2021
COP26 : après un tourbillon d’annonces, la crédibilité des nouveaux engagements en question
La première semaine du sommet sur le climat a été marquée par des promesses inattendues. Elles restent malgré tout en deçà des objectifs, et devront en outre être tenues.
COP26 - Countries - Climate pledges - Flawed data
November 7, 2021
Countries’ climate pledges built on flawed data, Post investigation finds
COP26 - Pays - Engagements climatiques - Bases erronées
10 novembre 2021
Les engagements climatiques des pays de la COP26 reposent sur des données erronées
Le «Washington Post» alerte sur les manquements en matière de législation sur les données climatiques transmises par chaque Etat aux Nations unies.
COP26 - G20 - Investors call - to disclose agricultural emissions reduction targets
November 9, 2021
COP26: Investors call on G20 to disclose agricultural emissions reduction targets
No G20 nation has disclosed these targets so far
COP26 - Climate talks - To cut Farming emissions - World governments - Pledge
November 6, 2021
Cop26 climate talks: World governments pledge to cut farming emissions
But plans to transform agriculture fail to mention meat and dairy - despite warnings that 1.5C impossible without cutting consumption
COP26 - Leadership ?
8 novembre 2021
COP26 et climat : qui a le leadership ?
Les deux semaines de la COP 26 organisée à Glasgow sont le théâtre d’un combat intense. D’un côté des négociateurs et des dirigeants qui déclarent avoir pris conscience de la gravité de la situation. De l’autre des activistes qui, du monde entier, tentent de les convaincre d’adopter des plans de transformation à la hauteur des risques. Du ministre des Tuvalu, les jambes dans l’eau à Greta Thunberg en passant par les milliers de manifestants qui ont défilé dans les rues de Glasgow et d’ailleurs, le réveil climatique des citoyens a-t-il sonné et ont-ils la capacité de renverser la table ?
COP26 - Article 6 - Agriculture - Forestry - Food systems - Nature
COP26 - Article 6
November 10, 2021
COP26: Seeking Article 6 breakthrough, governments consider leaving emissions beyond pledges to the voluntary market
Negotiators working on rules to govern international emissions trade under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement are considering a fresh compromise to help break a deadlock over double counting safeguards that has lasted for nearly six years.
https://carbon-pulse.com/143648/
COP26 - Article 6
November 10, 2021
COP26: Article 6 talks grind forward as countries seek common ground
Two Action Agendas launched [source Nature4Climate]
1/ A Global Action Agenda on Innovation in Agriculture was launched to transform food systems under climate change with support from more than 150 allies from governments, researchers, farmers and businesses. It will drive action to close the innovation gap that limits our efforts to adapt to and mitigate climate change, while accelerating efforts towards greater food security around the world.
https://ukcop26.org/the-global-action-agenda-for-innovation-in-agriculture/
2/ The Policy Action Agenda sets out pathways and actions that countries can take to repurpose public policies and support to food and agriculture, to deliver these outcomes and enable a just rural transition. It also sets out actions and opportunities for other stakeholders (international organisations, food producers, financial entities, researchers, civil society and others) to channel their expertise, knowledge and resources in support of this agenda.
https://justruraltransition.org/policy-action-agenda/
Food systems transformation
Nov. 6, 2021 [source Nature4Climate]
Nations and Businesses Commit to Create Sustainable Agriculture and Land Use
A new global initiative launched to reach 100 million farmers at the centre of food systems transformation with net zero and nature positive innovations by 2030 via a multi-stakeholder platform convened by World Economic Forum (WEF) involving farmers’ organisations, civil society, businesses and other partners.
https://unfccc.int/news/nations-and-businesses-commit-to-create-sustainable-agriculture-and-land-use
COP26 - Farming - Sustainable food systems - To cutting emissions - largely absent from the agenda in Glasgow
November 9, 2021
The cow in the room: why is no one talking about farming at Cop26?
Sustainable food systems are a cornerstone to cutting emissions but have been largely absent from the agenda in Glasgow
COP26 - Deforestation - Brazil backtracks on forests pledge
November 9, 2021
COP26 deforestation: Brazil backtracks on forests pledge before conference is even over
The deal on deforestation by 2030 was hailed as a breakthrough moment – but Brazilian senators have since said they will only work to tackle illegal deforestation
COP26 - Nature - Climate protection - Pledges pile up
November 8, 2021
Nature and climate protection pledges pile up at COP26, amid ghosts of past failures
COP26 - World’s rainforests - Cash
November 6, 2021
Cop26: Cash pledged for world’s rainforests
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cop26-cash-pledged-for-worlds-rainforests-v8czzhsvl
COP26 - Asset managers - Vow to stop financing deforestation
November 6, 2021
COP26: Asset managers representing $87.trn in assets vow to stop financing deforestation
COP26 theme - Nature - Threat - Deforestation - Food distribution
November 6, 2021
Nature is Saturday’s COP26 theme — and it’s under threat. Here’s what you need to know.
From deforestation to food distribution, complex problems are on the table during the next day of U.N. climate talks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/11/05/cop26-glasgow-un-theme-nature/
COP26 - Central Africa - REDD+ initiatives - $2 billion
November 5, 2021
COP26: Central Africa gets $2 billion for REDD+ initiatives
https://www.afrik21.africa/en/cop26-central-africa-gets-2-billion-for-redd-initiatives/
COP26 - Food systems - Green agriculture - Innovation - Nations - Policies
November 6, 2021
COP26: Nations collectively agree to sustainable food systems policies and pledge to accelerate green agriculture innovation
To mark Nature and Land Use Day at COP26, 150 organisations have agreed to accelerate the deployment of green innovations for the agriculture sector, while 45 nations have agreed to reform policies to support a sustainable food system.
COP26 - Agriculture and food systems sustainable - UK - 45 governments - Farmers - Business
November 6, 2021
[Press release] - UK leads 45 governments in new pledges to protect nature
Governments, farmers and businesses commit to urgent action to protect our land and make our agriculture and food systems more sustainable for the future.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-leads-45-governments-in-new-pledges-to-protect-nature
COP26 - Agriculture durable - 45 pays - Engagements
6 novembre 2021
COP26: 45 pays s'engagent à promouvoir l'agriculture durable
https://www.leconomiste.com/flash-infos/cop26-45-pays-s-engagent-promouvoir-l-agriculture-durable
COP26 - Agriculture - United States and United Arab Emirates - Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate)
November 2, 2021
[Press release] - Launching Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate
COP26 - Canada - Climate finance - Climate crisis - Biodiversity - $1B
November 6, 2021
[Press release] - Canada to ensure that more than $1B of its climate finance addresses the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss
Policies - Governments
France - Ministre - Agriculture - Agriculteurs - Soldats du Climat - Investissements
10 novembre 2021
Julien Denormandie : « Nos agriculteurs sont des soldats du climat »
Les sols sont d'importants puits de CO2. Les agriculteurs, en chérissant leurs champs, peuvent optimiser le stockage de ce gaz à effet de serre, écrit le ministre de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation, dans une tribune aux « Echos ». Pour les y aider, la France entend investir de manière massive.
https://www-lesechos-fr.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.lesechos.fr/amp/1362713
Chine - Etats-Unis - COP26 - Engagement - Déclaration commune - Action climatique
10 novembre 2021
COP26 : la Chine et les Etats-Unis s’engagent à « renforcer l’action climatique » dans une déclaration conjointe
Malgré des relations tendues entre les deux pays, cet accord « montre que la coopération est la seule voie », a souligné l’émissaire pour le climat chinois.
Korovivia - Agriculture - Draft conclusions SBI SBSTA
November 6, 2021
Koronivia joint work on agriculture. Draft conclusions SBI SBSTA
« In the months leading up to COP26, a Koronivia intersessional workshop emphasized the need for soil and nutrient management practices, sustainable land and water management, and sustainably managed livestock systems. The workshop also explored options on how to scale up implementation of best practices, innovations and technologies that increase resilience and sustainable production in agricultural systems, and recognized the need to prioritize food security and ending hunger. On November 6th, SBSTA and SBI proposed draft conclusions recognizing this work, and recommended a report on the workshop be drafted at SB56 in June 2022 with the aim to report and recommend a draft decision on the Koronivia Joint Work at COP27 in November 2022. » [Source Nature4Climate]
https://unfccc.int/documents/309895
Europe - US - Organic food - Production - Ambitious targets
November 3, 2021
Unlike the US, Europe is setting ambitious targets for producing more organic food
US - Biden - Build Back Better proposal - Forest - Agriculture
October 29, 2021
Biden’s $27 billion bet on forests
The president’s Build Back Better proposal could be a game changer for US forests.
Clarification from Lucy Almond (Nature4Climate), November 10 :
Build Back Better: Although yet to pass, Progressive members of the House secured pledges from moderate members that they would vote “yes” on passing Biden’s social and climate policy bill. It contains historic spending on forests and nature, including:
$27 billion for spending related to federal, state, and tribal forests
Around $13.5 billion to reduce the risk of wildfires
$2.5 billion for urban forestry projects that seek to provide more equal access to forests and parks
$50 million for protecting old-growth trees
$50 million for conserving and restoring habitats for threatened species in public forests
$50 million toward reducing human-wildlife conflict on public lands
$27 billion for US farmland conservation
$9 billion for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, which helps farmers make their land more sustainable
$4 billion for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
$4.5 billion for the Civilian Climate Corps, which would hire young workers for restoration, among other conservation activities
$200 million for the Endangered Species Act, which helps protect the critical habitats of endangered plants and animals
$250 million for wildlife refuges and state wildlife management areas
Tools - Report - Database - Experiment
Experiment - Amazon FACE - Brazil’s National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA)
November 10, 2021
The UK Met Office announced that it will work in partnership with Brazil’s National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA) to advance AmazonFACE, a real-world climate experiment to build understanding of how the Amazon forest may respond to environmental change. Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE) experiments pump controlled volumes of carbon dioxide into small areas of forests to simulate its response to climate change. This type of experiment has never been done at scale within a tropical rainforest environment. [Source Nature4Climate]
https://amazonface.inpa.gov.br/en/index.php
Report - Working forests - Solution to net-zero - WBCSD
November 6, 2021
Working forests and their products are part of the solution to net-zero, new report reveals
WBCSD and forest companies call on policymakers, investors and forest product customers to consider working forests and their products as part of the solution to net zero.
Research
Research - Sustaining maize yields - Soil carbon - Forest–savannah transition zone - West Africa - Cirad - Rémi Cardinael
January 2022
Sustaining maize yields and soil carbon following land clearing in the forest–savannah transition zone of West Africa: Results from a 20-year experiment
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378429021002811?via%3Dihub
50 days' free access here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429021002811?dgcid=author
Research - Indigenous Peoples - Local Communities - 958 Million Hectares Of Land - Tropical Forests
November 7, 2021
Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities Hold At Least 958 Million Hectares Of Land With Most Endangered Tropical Forests
Research - Soil organic carbon - Organic matter - Particulate - Functional soil component – Claire Chenu
July 21, 2021
Particulate organic matter as a functional soil component for persistent soil organic carbon
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24192-8
Tools - Map - Report - Database
Map - Best-practice Nature-based Solutions - British Academy
November 2021
New Global Map of best-practice Nature-based Solutions launches at COP26
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Agriculture and Agroforestry - Soil Health - Forestry - Food
Farmers - Indonesia - Organic agriculture - Composting - Need government support
November 2, 2021
For Indonesian farmers used to ‘instant’ results, going organic is a tough sell
Agriculture - Climat - Responsabilité - Solutions - FNSEA
30 octobre 2021
COP26 : "L'agriculture a une part de responsabilité mais elle peut être la solution" au dérèglement climatique, selon la présidente de la FNSEA
La présidente du syndicat agricole salue l'approche plus "pragmatique" du gouvernement sur les questions agricoles.
Agriculture - Climat - Carbone - Actions - Pistes - INRAE
29 octobre 2021
Carbone en stock : l’agriculture en alliée du climat
Agriculture - Bilan carbone - Amélioration - Agroforesterie - Intrants - Labour
28 octobre 2021
Comment améliorer le bilan carbone de l’agriculture
Comment l'agriculture peut-elle séquestrer davantage de carbone ? Quelles sont les pratiques à favoriser ? Retrouvez le point de vue sur ce sujet de Murilo Veloso, enseignant chercheur en science du sol à UniLaSalle et Coline Deveautour, enseignante chercheuse en écologie microbienne des sciences à UniLaSalle, issu d'un article publié en septembre 2021 sur The Conversation.
Cacao - Chocolate orgánico - Projecto - America del Sur - Kaoka
26 octubre 2021
Un chocolate orgánico, sostenible y con cero deforestación es posible
¿Se puede producir cacao orgánico, sin deforestar y que además sea sostenible y, sobre todo, viable? Es lo que propone la empresa francesa Kaoka que pilota un proyecto de nueve millones de euros en Perú, Colombia y Ecuador. En el programa de hoy recibimos a uno de los responsables de esta compañía, Sébastien Balmisse, y también a Ernesto Parra y Guerra de la cooperativa Colpa de Loros en Perú.
Carbon - Forests - Climate crisis
Carbon Market - COP26 - Stumble - Use the Cash
November 4, 2021
Carbon Market Talks Stumble at COP26 on How to Use the Cash
Amazonie - Carbone - Emissions - Danger
4 novembre 2021
L'Amazonie vacille près du point de non-retour
Afforestation - To tackle climate change
November 3, 2021
Afforestation can help to tackle climate change. Here's how
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/11/afforestation-can-help-tackle-climate-change-heres-how/
Sol forestier - Carbone forestier - Projet HoliSoils - CNRS (institutionnel)
28 octobre 2021
HoliSoils : au ras du sol forestier
https://www.paris-centre.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/holisoils-au-ras-du-sol-forestier
Forêts - Carbone forestier - Emissions - Déforestation - Changement climatique
28 octobre 2021
Déforestation, réchauffement climatique, incendies… Certaines forêts émettent plus de carbones qu’elles en absorbent
Carbone forestier - Biomass Carbon Monitor - Cartographie - Satellite - INRAE (institutionnel)
29 octobre 2021
Cartographie par satellite des changements dans la séquestration du carbone forestier
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE - Le Biomass Carbon Monitor, un tout nouvel outil unique au monde, suit les variations de la capacité des forêts à réduire le carbone présent dans l’atmosphère. Chaque année depuis 2011, près de 760 millions de tonnes (Mt) de carbone ont disparu de l’atmosphère grâce aux forêts. En Chine, les politiques de reforestation et de gestion forestière ont eu une influence majeure sur l’amélioration de la séquestration du carbone par la végétation au cours des dernières années.
Food - Farming - Regenerative - Carbon farming - Carbon markets
October 22, 2021
The regenerative revolution in food
Half of the world's land is used to grow our food. A new generation of 'carbon farmers' are making their land absorb greenhouse gases, rather than emitting them.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211020-carbon-farming-a-better-use-for-half-earths-land
Climate - Crisis - WMO - Report
31 october 2021
Last seven years on track to be hottest on record: UN
https://www.rfi.fr/en/last-seven-years-on-track-to-be-hottest-on-record-un
Climat - Crise climatique - Organisation météorologique mondiale - Rapport
31 octobre 2021
Pluie au Groenland, chaleur record en Europe... L'ampleur de la crise climatique révélée dans un rapport de l'Organisation météorologique mondiale
Le document dévoilé dimanche 31 octobre liste les phénomènes météo extrêmes observés sur la planète en 2021 et pointe le rôle du changement climatique.
Policies - Governments - COP26
COP26
COP26 - Nature4Climate - Daily brief
During COP26, Nature4Climate publishes a daily brief with the day's news, highlights ...
https://nature4climate.org/news/
COP26 - Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action - Joint statement - Agriculture, forests and other land - Paris Agreement -
November 3, 2021
The Co-Chairs of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action (the Coalition), and the Chair of the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), issued a joint statement to reaffirm their commitment to mobilizing their organizations to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. In the statement, they pledge to “strive to better reflect cross-cutting issues related to agriculture, forests and other land uses in our work.
COP26 - AFRICA - To stop deforestation by 2030 - International agreement
November 3, 2021
AFRICA: An international agreement to stop deforestation by 2030
One hundred leaders from countries covering 85% of the world's forests have committed to reversing deforestation and land degradation. This initiative, initialed at COP 26, will benefit from public and private funding of about 20 billion dollars and involves African countries, particularly those in the Congo Basin.
https://www.afrik21.africa/en/africa-an-international-agreement-to-stop-deforestation-by-2030/
COP26 - Regenerative food production systems - Regen10 - Collective action plan
November 3, 2021
Regen10 was announced on Tuesday 2. It is an ambitious collective action plan to scale regenerative food production systems, worldwide, in a decade. The initiative will put farmers at the heart of a global effort to transform agricultural systems, so that by 2030, over 50% of the world’s food can be produced in a way that drives positive outcomes for people, for nature, and for climate. A broad alliance has come together to deliver the initiative, including: World Farmers Organisation, Eastern Africa Farmers Federation, Food & Land Use Coalition, World Bank Group, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), SYSTEMIQ, IMAGINE, We Mean Business Coalition, Future Stewards, OP2B, Sustainable Food Trust (Global Farm Metric), and Club of Rome. [Source Nature4Climate]
COP26 - IUCN and UNEP Report - Global warming below 1.5°C - Nature-based Solutions -
November 5, 2021
To keep global warming below 1.5°C, a significant contribution from Nature-based Solutions is necessary and possible: report by UNEP and IUCN
More than 100 leaders committed to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 through the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use.
COP26 - To end deforestation - Agreement - World leaders
November 3, 2021
Over 100 global leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030
COP26 - To end deforestation - Agreement - World leaders
November 1st, 2021
Cop26: world leaders agree deal to end deforestation
Historic declaration at Cop26 commits countries to ending major cause of CO2 emissions
COP26 - Forêts - Plus de 100 Pays - Stop déforestation - Restauration
1er novembre 2021
COP26 : plus de 100 pays, dont la France, vont s'engager à stopper la déforestation et "restaurer les forêts" d'ici à 2030
Un accord a été trouvé à la COP26 de Glasgow et sera finalisé mardi. Des institutions financières vont également participer à ce dispositif.
12 countries announced the Global Forest Finance Pledge (GFFP): $12 billion of climate finance to support activities including strengthening forest governance, supporting smallholder farmers to restore degraded land, strengthening land tenure systems, and mobilising private sector investment. The comprehensive package of funding will help countries to deliver commitments under the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forest and Land Use. The full list: Germany, Norway, UK, US, France, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands and the European Commission (on behalf of EU).
COP26 - Protect land rights - Halt and reverse forest loss - $12 billion donor
November 2, 2021
$12 billion donor support to halt and reverse forest loss and protect land rights
New public finance pledge from 12 countries to support ambitious forest-related climate action in developing countries.
COP26 - Sustainable Production - Financial institutions and agribusiness companies - $200 million in disbursements by 2022 - South America
November 2, 2021
Eight financial institutions and agribusiness companies have announced a commitment worth $3 billion – with more than $200 million in disbursements by 2022 – to soy and cattle production that is free of deforestation and land conversion in South America.
Financial Institutions and Agribusinesses Commit $3 Billion to Sustainable Production
https://www.miragenews.com/financial-institutions-and-agribusinesses-664567/
COP26 - Tackle deforestation - Leading financial institutions
November 2, 2021
Leading financial institutions commit to actively tackle deforestation
COP26 - EU - Protect world’s forests - 1 bln euros
November 2, 2021
EU pledges 1 bln euros to protect world's forests
COP26 - Land conservation - Transformation of food systems - Jeff Bezos
November 2, 2021
Jeff Bezos’ environmental nonprofit - the Bezos Earth Fund - announced US$2 billion divided equally to support land conservation and the transformation of food systems. The announcement by the fund comes just six weeks after it announced US$1 billion in conservation grants to protect and conserve nature and Indigenous peoples and cultures in the Congo Basin, the Andes, and the tropical Pacific Ocean.
Jeff Bezos pledges $2 billion to protect the environment
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/02/jeff-bezos-pledges-2-billion-to-protect-the-environment.html
COP26 - Global ag companies - Action towards net-zero emissions
November 2, 2021
Global ag companies announce accelerated action towards net-zero emissions
COP26 - Africa - Degraded landscapes - Restoration
November 2, 2021
COP26: Africa Committed To Restoring 100m Hectares Of Degraded Landscape – Buhari
COP26 - Prioritize Indigenous knowledge - First Nations delegates
October 31, 2021
First Nations delegates say COP26 discussions should prioritize Indigenous knowledge
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/cop26-indigenous-climate-energy-delegates-1.6229192
COP26 - Pays - Pays pauvres - Absence de progrès
4 novembre 2021
COP26 : les pays les plus pauvres dénoncent l’absence de progrès
Après les grands discours et les quelques annonces - notamment autour de la déforestation et de la lutte contre le méthane - qui ont ponctué le début de la COP26, les négociations rentrent désormais dans le dur. Mais elles risquent d'être particulièrement tendues alors que les pays les moins avancés estiment que les efforts ne sont pas au rendez-vous, notamment en ce qui concerne les 100 milliards de dollars qui devaient leur être versés chaque année à compter de 2020. Ils souhaitent aussi mettre sur la table la question des pertes et dommages.
COP26 - Pays - Constats
1er novembre 2021
COP26 : des bons, des mauvais élèves, et des cancres !
C’est le constat des Nations-Unies : à l’heure où commence la COP26 à Glasgow, les pays qui ont le mieux préparé ce rendez-vous sont d’abord à chercher dans les pays vulnérables. Pendant que parmi les pays riches on traîne des pieds. Tout en clamant que le réchauffement est une “priorité”.
COP26 - Accord de Paris - Bilan
1er novembre 2021
COP26 : où en est l'accord de Paris sur le climat, six ans après sa signature ?
COP26 - Afrique - Appel - Aide - Climat - Adaptation
30 octobre 2021
COP26 : l’Afrique appelle à l’aide, sera-t-elle entendue ?
L’adaptation au changement climatique doit être un volet important du sommet de Glasgow. Lourdement touchée, l’Afrique, en proie au covid, et où la faim progresse, demande que les pays riches respectent maintenant leurs engagements. Elle attend beaucoup plus d’argent. Et des transferts technologiques.
COP26 - France - Gaz à effet de serre - Emissions - Comparaison - Résultats - Objectifs
1er novembre 2021
COP26 : où en est la France par rapport aux objectifs qu'elle s'était fixés en matière d'émissions de gaz à effet de serre ?
Alors que la conférence internationale sur le climat se poursuit à Glasgow, franceinfo compare les ambitions annoncées par la France avec ses résultats réels, année par année.
G20
G20 - Climate goals - Agreement - Lacks firm commitments
October 31, 2021
G20 agrees on key climate goals around global warming limits and coal financing, but lacks firm commitments
G20 - Climat - Accord - 1,5°C
31 octobre 2021
Climat : le G20 s'accorde sur l'objectif de limiter le réchauffement à 1,5 °C
Selon un projet de communiqué, les dirigeants des 20 premières économies mondiales réaffirment l'objectif de limiter le réchauffement climatique à 1,5 °C.
COP26 - Jeunesse - Conférence climat
31 octobre 2021
Avant la COP26, la jeunesse tient sa propre conférence-climat à Glasgow et somme les dirigeants de lui "laisser un avenir"
Policies - Governments
US - UAE - Farming - Climate change - Adaptation - $4-bln
October 28, 2021
U.S., UAE lead $4-bln effort to help farming adapt to climate change
Colorado - USA - Regenerative agriculture
October 28, 2021
Colorado steps up on regenerative agriculture
USA - USDA - Agroforestry - Wood Products - Investment - $13 million
October 19, 2021
USDA Now Accepting Grant Applications for Wood Products, Energy
USA - Agriculture - Rural Communities - Investment - $272 Million
October 14, 2021
Biden-Harris Administration Invests $272 Million to Improve Rural Water Infrastructure for 270,000 People Living in Rural Communities Across the Country
France - Agriculture - Crédit impôt - Sortir du glyphosate
30 octobre 2021
Agriculture : entrée en action du crédit d'impôt de 2 500 euros pour sortir du glyphosate
Tools - Report - Database
REDD+ Tools & Methodologies for Transparency
November 2021
[Source Nature4Climate]
The UNFCCC hosted an event on REDD+ Tools and Methodologies critical for achieving transparency under the Paris Agreement. Representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN), and the Global Forest Observation Initiative (GFOI) showcased the systems they have available for assisting countries in data collection and analysis, both for the purpose of reporting to international organizations and for domestic policy development. The various tools highlighted the diversity and flexibility available to countries looking to gather and understand data from the AFOLU sectors--whether they are using spacial or statistical data, interested in forest cover or GHG inventories, looking to establish baselines or track progress, the new datasets and methodologies are useful for a wide variety of purposes. While some countries (particularly China and Saudi Arabia) are attempting to walk back their agreements on the Katowice rulebook to report on quantitative progress in achieving their NDCs in the official negotiations, this the event highlighted how easy it is for countries to access open-source, free tools that allow them to design their own systems to increase transparency and track implementation. Check out some of the tools and datasets available online:
- CfRN’sReporting for Results-based REDD+ (RRR+)
- GFOI’sREDDCompass (watch for the launch of REDDCompass2.0 next week!)
- GFOI’sOpen MRV
- CEOS & The Global Stocktakedatasets
- NASA’sBiomass Mapping Project and ESA’s Biomass Project
- Norway’s International Climate and Forests Initiative Imagery Program
- REDDCopernicus
- Wageningen University’sRADD Forest Disturbance Alert
- Moja Global’s Full Lands Integration Tool (FLINT) and the recent UNFCCC workshop on the topic here.
Interactive Atlas - IPCC WGI
November 2021
IPCC WGI Interactive Atlas
A novel tool for flexible spatial and temporal analyses of much of the observed and projected climate change information underpinning the Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, including regional synthesis for Climatic Impact-Drivers (CIDs).
https://interactive-atlas.ipcc.ch/
Global database - Public policies - To support nature - Governments - Investors - Efficiency Decision - Climate - Biodiversity - Nature4Climate - The Nature Conservancy
November 2021
Nature4Climate with support form The Nature Conservancy have created the world’s largest global database of public policies to support nature, to help governments and investors target billions of dollars to tackle the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis more effectively.
The Nature-Based Solutions Policy Tracker is the first to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify legislation and investment plans for NBS, and to assess their effectiveness.
https://nature4climate.org/n4c-mapper/
Intelligence Platform - Nature-Based Solutions Investment - Regenerative and Sustainable Agriculture, Forests, Land Use - Capital for Climate
November 3, 2021
Capital for Climate launched its climate-investment intelligence platform. The Capital for Climate intelligence platform enables allocators to see the landscape of climate investment opportunities in one place—so that they can build strategy, navigate, source, and execute on investments aligned with science-based pathways to holding global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The pilot version focuses on nature-based solutions in Regenerative and Sustainable Agriculture, Forests, Land Use, and the Blue Economy. For the purposes of the pilot launch, the platform has focused on these areas because they are strategic, urgent, and offer investment opportunities today--yet are the least understood by investors. [Source Nature4Climate]
https://nbs.capitalforclimate.com/
Report - IUCN, UNEP - Climate change mitigation - Nature-based solutions
November 2021
REPORT: Nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation.
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/NBSCCM.pdf
Data - Climate action tracker
November 2021
Climate action tracker
The Climate Action Tracker is an independent scientific analysis that tracks government climate action and measures it against the globally agreed Paris Agreement aim of "holding warming well below 2°C, and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C." A collaboration of two organisations, Climate Analytics and New Climate Institute, the CAT has been providing this independent analysis to policymakers since 2009.
https://climateactiontracker.org/
Data - Global CO₂ emissions
November 2021
Data on global CO₂ emissions, based on the latest release from the Global Carbon Project.
Global CO₂ emissions - Flat - Data
November 4, 2021
Global CO2 emissions have been flat for a decade, new data reveals
https://www.carbonbrief.org/global-co2-emissions-have-been-flat-for-a-decade-new-data-reveals
Research
Terrestrial carbon sinks - Variability - Atmospheric vapor pressure deficit - Impacts - Research
August 2021
Worldwide impacts of atmospheric vapor pressure deficit on the interannual variability of terrestrial carbon sinks
https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nsr/nwab150/6355462
Miscellaneous
Fashion industry - Collaboration - Supply chains - Kering - COP26
November 4, 2021
OP-ED: Kering’s Marie-Claire Daveu on why COP26 should be the moment that changes the fashion industry forever
