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Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Commissioned report
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Commissioned report
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TY - BOOK
T1 - Soil carbon sequestration by agriculture: Policy options
AU - Henderson, Ben
AU - Lankoski, Jussi
AU - Flynn, Eimear
AU - Sykes, Alasdair
AU - Payen, Florian
AU - MacLeod, Michael
PY - 2022/1/24
Y1 - 2022/1/24
N2 - Net soil carbon sequestration on agricultural lands could offset 4% of annual global human-induced GHG emissions over the rest of the century and make an important contribution to meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement. To harness this potential of the agricultural sector to positively contribute to the sustainability agenda, a package of policies is needed to enhance global soil carbon stocks. Such a package would include regulations to prevent the loss of soil carbon, knowledge transfer policies to promote “win-win” solutions, and additional incentives delivered via market-based policies. The latter will need to be supported by innovative contracting solutions to address concerns about the non-permanence of carbon stocks and to reduce transaction costs.
AB - Net soil carbon sequestration on agricultural lands could offset 4% of annual global human-induced GHG emissions over the rest of the century and make an important contribution to meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement. To harness this potential of the agricultural sector to positively contribute to the sustainability agenda, a package of policies is needed to enhance global soil carbon stocks. Such a package would include regulations to prevent the loss of soil carbon, knowledge transfer policies to promote “win-win” solutions, and additional incentives delivered via market-based policies. The latter will need to be supported by innovative contracting solutions to address concerns about the non-permanence of carbon stocks and to reduce transaction costs.
KW - Sequestration practices
KW - Climate change
KW - Mitigation
KW - GHG
U2 - 10.1787/63ef3841-en
DO - 10.1787/63ef3841-en
M3 - Commissioned report
T3 - OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers
BT - Soil carbon sequestration by agriculture: Policy options
PB - OECD
CY - Paris, France
ER -