Undercounting of agroforestry skews climate change mitigation planning and reporting

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science, Latest Headlines

This important research confirms our Green Transition Scoreboard reports, that the IPCC still overlooks the huge potential of plants, trees and agro forestry and sustainable agriculture to sequester ambient CO2 !  See “CAPTURING CO2 WHILE IMPROVING HUMAN NUTRITION  & HEALTH (2018)”  (free download at www.ethicalmarkets.com )


Hazel Henderson, Editor

ndercounting of agroforestry skews climate change mitigation planning and reporting

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190626133718.htm

Scientists expose the lack of measurement of and reporting on agroforestry in international climate agreements. This has strong implications for accounting for both how much carbon IS being sequestered and how much COULD BE sequestered, given national planning and potential climate finance.