study
Soils,
carbon sinks
La création et la standardisation de méthodes de suivi des sols devraient en faciliter la gestion et la valorisation sur le marché du carbone
European
Framework Directives
Soils to come
Air in 1996
Water in 2000
See
The awareness of the role of soils
as carbon sinks grew over a period of time
An issue of international concern, today soils are the target of measures aimed
at supporting a climate change mitigation strategy
2021 - Communication on sustainable carbon cycles
2019 - Launch of the Low-Carbon Label
2021 - The European Commission presents a new soil strategy which schedules the adoption of a framework directive in 2023
2017 - Agri-environmental and climate measures (AECM)
2014 - Loi d’avenir pour
l’agriculture (French Future Agriculture Law)
2011 - Global Soil Partnership (GSP)
2018 - No debit rule
2019 - INRAE publishes a study
to evaluate carbon sequestration potential in French soils carbone dans les sols français
2015 - The IPCC launches the “4 per 1,000” initiative
1997 - The Kyoto protocol incorporates carbon sinks into efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
1992 - The UNFCCC introduces CO2 flow accounting in the LULUCF sector
Evaluating
and monitoring
Accounting
and mobilizing
Acting on agriculture and forests
Slow to be recognized, but now a crucial concept