The potential of soil organic carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and food security
Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration on agricultural land decreases the costs of climate change mitigation while promoting increased food security. SOC has the potential to sequester up to 3.5 GtCO2eq/yr by 2050 in a scenario consistent with 1.5 ºC warming. In total, the SOC sequestration potenti...
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| author | Frank, Stefan Havlík, Petr Soussana, Jean-Francois Wollenberg, Eva Karoline Obersteiner, Michael |
| author_browse | Frank, Stefan Havlík, Petr Obersteiner, Michael Soussana, Jean-Francois Wollenberg, Eva Karoline |
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| description | Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration on agricultural land decreases the costs of climate change mitigation while promoting increased food security. SOC has the potential to sequester up to 3.5 GtCO2eq/yr by 2050 in a scenario consistent with 1.5 ºC warming. In total, the SOC sequestration potential in 2050 could offset around 7% of total emissions in 2010 (IPCC, 2014). SOC sequestration would occur mainly through improved cropland and grassland management, but restoration of organic soils and degraded lands is also significant. SOC sequestration could reduce the negative food security impacts of a carbon tax of 190 $/tCO2eq by as much as 65%, compared to a scenario without SOC sequestration. Under a carbon price policy, farmers would generate revenue from providing SOC sequestration. Hence, farmers contributing SOC sequestration would remain competitive producers in a high carbon price context. |
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| spelling | CGSpace880732025-12-08T09:54:28Z The potential of soil organic carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and food security Frank, Stefan Havlík, Petr Soussana, Jean-Francois Wollenberg, Eva Karoline Obersteiner, Michael food security climate change agriculture Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration on agricultural land decreases the costs of climate change mitigation while promoting increased food security. SOC has the potential to sequester up to 3.5 GtCO2eq/yr by 2050 in a scenario consistent with 1.5 ºC warming. In total, the SOC sequestration potential in 2050 could offset around 7% of total emissions in 2010 (IPCC, 2014). SOC sequestration would occur mainly through improved cropland and grassland management, but restoration of organic soils and degraded lands is also significant. SOC sequestration could reduce the negative food security impacts of a carbon tax of 190 $/tCO2eq by as much as 65%, compared to a scenario without SOC sequestration. Under a carbon price policy, farmers would generate revenue from providing SOC sequestration. Hence, farmers contributing SOC sequestration would remain competitive producers in a high carbon price context. 2017-10-03 2017-09-28T13:00:27Z 2017-09-28T13:00:27Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88073 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Frank S, Havlík P, Soussana J-F, Wollenberg E, Obersteiner M. 2017. The potential of soil organic carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and food security. CCAFS Info Note. Wageningen, Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | food security climate change agriculture Frank, Stefan Havlík, Petr Soussana, Jean-Francois Wollenberg, Eva Karoline Obersteiner, Michael The potential of soil organic carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and food security |
| title | The potential of soil organic carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and food security |
| title_full | The potential of soil organic carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and food security |
| title_fullStr | The potential of soil organic carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and food security |
| title_full_unstemmed | The potential of soil organic carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and food security |
| title_short | The potential of soil organic carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and food security |
| title_sort | potential of soil organic carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and food security |
| topic | food security climate change agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88073 |
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