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The 4p1000 initiative: Opportunities, limitations and challenges for implementing soil organic carbon sequestration as a sustainable development strategy

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Title The 4p1000 initiative: Opportunities, limitations and challenges for implementing soil organic carbon sequestration as a sustainable development strategy
 
Creator Rumpel, Cornelia
Amiraslani, Farshad
Chenu, Claire
García Cardenas, Magaly
Kaonga, Martin
Koutika, Lydie-Stella
Ladha, Jagdish Kumar
Madari, Beata
Shirato, Yasuhito
Smith, Pete
Soudi, Brahim
Soussana, Jean-François
Whitehead, David
Wollenberg, Eva K.
 
Subject climate change
agriculture
food security
soil fertility
carbon sequestration
ecology
 
Description Climate change adaptation, mitigation and food security may be addressed at the same time by enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration through environmentally sound land management practices. This is promoted by the “4 per 1000” Initiative, a multi-stakeholder platform aiming at increasing SOC storage through sustainable practices. The scientific and technical committee of the Initiative is working to identify indicators, research priorities and region-specific practices needed for their implementation. The Initiative received its name due to the global importance of soils for climate change, which can be illustrated by a thought experiment showing that an annual growth rate of only 0.4% of the standing global SOC stocks would have the potential to counterbalance the current increase in atmospheric CO2. However, there are numerous barriers to the rise in SOC stocks and while SOC sequestration can contribute to partly offsetting greenhouse gas emissions, its main benefits are related to increased soil quality and climate change adaptation. The Initiative provides a collaborative platform for policy makers, practitioners, scientists and stakeholders to engage in finding solutions. Criticism of the Initiative has been related to the poor definition of its numerical target, which was not understood as an aspirational goal. The objective of this paper is to present the aims of the initiative, to discuss critical issues and to present challenges for its implementation. We identify barriers, risks and trade-offs and advocate for collaboration between multiple parties in order to stimulate innovation and to initiate the transition of agricultural systems toward sustainability.
 
Date 2020-01
2019-04-01T13:10:21Z
2019-04-01T13:10:21Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Rumpel C, Amiraslani F, Chenu C, Garcia Cardenas M, Kaonga M, Koutika L-S, Ladha JK, Madari B, Shirato Y, Smith P, Soudi B, Soussana J-F, Whitehead D, Wollenberg E. 2019. The 4p1000 initiative: Opportunities, limitations and challenges for implementing soil organic carbon sequestration as a sustainable development strategy. Ambio 49:350-360.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100665
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13280-019-01165-2
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01165-2
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Language en
 
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Format p. 350-360
 
Publisher Springer
 
Source Ambio