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Unlocking the Carbon Potential of Soil: The Growing Effort to Enhance Agricultural Practices for Climate Resilience The soil beneath our feet holds more carbon than the Earth's atmosphere and all its plants combined, making soil management crucial for climate change mitigation. With nearly half of the world's habitable land used for agriculture, farmers are increasingly adopting practices like reduced tilling and cover cropping to improve soil health and store more carbon. Despite the complexity and many unknowns in soil science, researchers like Jocelyn Lavallee and Emily Oldfield from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) are exploring direct measurement methods to better estimate soil carbon sequestration. Their findings suggest that reliable estimates can be achieved, which could inform national monitoring efforts and guide corporate investments in sustainable agricultural practices, ultimately enhancing the climate resilience of farming. Read our blog post learn more about this emerging field in soil science! https://lnkd.in/e7rMUyfe

Back from #SETACSevilla with loads of insights and inspiration for taking environmental assessment to the next level.   Last year was a frustrating conference as I could not attend physically🙁. This year was all the more enjoyable😃. My main take-aways. 🌍 #Biodiversity is at the forefront of the agenda, with some interesting progress :   ➡  It is time to connect and harmonize the various levels of assessment :  there is improving consistency between product, corporate and finance levels. This is true for impacts and dependencies. Many thanks for the insights Stephan Pfister. ➡ The European Method (PEF) will account for biodiversity indicator in the next release, thanks to a great work by JRC. Valeria De Laurentiis ➡ We highlighted the compelling need for accounting for impacts from #marine activities, first and foremost fisheries🐟, with some substantial impacts to ecosystems : exploitation of marine resources and seabed impact from bottom trawling. We still miss those impact pathways in most methods 🙁with Arnaud Hélias.  ➡ Mining and metals still lack data to comprehensively assess and reduce damage on ecosystems. With Ambre Brizon, PhD, Cecile Bulle and Emily Garman. 💪Significant progress is being made at international level with the launch of the #GLAM3 beta version : new impact pathways for a much-needed impact category on terrestrial ecotoxicity ; inclusion of a nutritional pathway for food : some are favorable to human health (e.g. pulses, vegetables), other not (processed food or alcohol) … Olivier Jolliet and Archana Datta, you made me sorry for the beers 🍺 and cocktails I was delighted to ingest! #Prospective LCAs are on the rise, based on IPCC Shared Socio-economic Pathways They include the evolution of energy mixes, and progress for key technologies : batteries, transportation … It is a promising way to assess long-life equipment such as #building🏦 and #infrastructure. 🎈👏BIG KUDOS to @Stefanie Hellweg for a life-time LCA achievement award. You are an inspiration since I read your name for the first time in 2009! 👏🎈

💧 'Soil and water, a source of life' 🌱 ✔ This year's #WorldSoilDay motto highlights the connection between healthy soils, adapted soil management, climate change effects, life and livelihoods. ▶ Worldwide the demand for high spatial, temporal and vertical resolution soil moisture data at useful field scales grows. 🛰 Combining Satellite Data with environmental variables through with top-notch Machine Learning based modelling enables us to detect and analyse soil moisture with unprecedented accuracy and high spatial resolution. Check out our #soilmoisture product AgroSoil and get up-to-date daily soil moisture date for the full rootzone down to 100cm depth! ✔ This is just the right data which farmers, agricultural insurers and policy makers need to tackle climate change, mitigate its effects and adapt to regional weather-, climate-, soil- and cultivation-conditions. 🗺 🚜 💧 🌾 🍽 🔔 World Soil Day reminds us that soil matters - every day!   #ClimateChange #healthysoils #soilhealth #soilmanagement #SustainableAgriculture #EarthObservation #GeospacialAnalytics #satellitedata #cloudbased #AISolutions #crophealth #foodsecurity #weathermonitoring #cropmonitoring #SoilMoistureIndex #MachineLearning #YieldModeling #soildepth #DroughtObservatory #soilproperies #drainagepattern #agriculture #agrifoodsystems Telespazio e-GEOS UN Environment Programme ISRIC - World Soil Information European Commission Copernicus ECMWF Copernicus EEA Munich Re Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft Aurélie Shapiro UN-REDD Programme Bayerische Forschungsallianz (BayFOR) GmbH Leigh Winowiecki Ronald Vargas EARSC Agrotech Valley Forum e. V. Peter Navratil

📢 The #LAMASUS_EU Stakeholder Board Members will gather for a second Workshop soon and we are excited to present the final program 📃 ! The program features a keynote session by two Policy Advisory Board members covering climate policies from DG CLIMA/EEA and IIASA “Can we have the fuel and eat it?” 🍽 Next, there will be a session on aligning LAMASUS models with the EU Green Deal, showcasing the project´s latest modelling outcomes within the agricultural sector 🖼.   LAMASUS will also present the beta version of the land use management geodatabase, followed by breakout sessions to discuss different land use types and their management in detail.  Some of the highlights on day 2 include a discussion on integrating policy and ex-post modelling, featuring a presentation of the structure and contents of the LAMASUS policy database. There will be a breakout session covering the carbon accounting, biodiversity impact assessment 🐄🍆🌼 and cost evaluations. 💸 We look forward to welcoming our Stakeholders and having a lively discussion to gather their input on our work.  

How can we feed the world without harming our planet? Learn more about the future of agriculture and dive into the world of agricultural technology that stretches from outer space (!) to the Earth's soil. My colleague Jeremy Williams from #TeamBayer shares together with Amy Rosenthal of Planet and James Allen of AgFirst what innovative approaches can help us turn global agriculture from a contributor to climate change to a solution to it. #science #innovation

📢 DEADLINE EXTENDED: We're calling for proposals to develop space-enabled services and applications that take advantage of space data and innovative technologies to support sustainable transformation of the agricultural sector. Are you working on the optimisation of agricultural practices to minimise negative environmental impacts - soil degradation, water depletion and contamination, inefficient energy use or biodiversity loss? Could ESA funding, expertise and market access give your project a boost? ‘The Sustainable Transformation of Agriculture Through Digitalisation and Space’. Extended until 15 Jan 2024. Apply today! ➡ https://lnkd.in/eDpVWUC8 #ESASpaceSolutions #SustainableAgriculture #AgriculturalTechnology #AgriculturalInnovation #AgriculturalSustainability #DigitalTransformation #SustainableTransformation #AgricultureInnovation #AgricultureandFarming #AgricultureTechnology #Agritech #FarmingInnovation #FarmingTechnology

⏮In the previous month, the Universwater project initiated its digital kick-off meeting, bringing together a remarkable consortium of 15 partners from 6 European countries. 🎯The project aims to tackle the pressing issue of #waterquality and quantity, addressing challenges posed by agricultural activities and climate change. 🔎UNIVERSWATER adopts a ‘system of systems’ approach, developing and enhancing technologies to optimize water resource use. In particular, the project intends to: ✅Develop innovative sensors for various pollutants. ✅Integrate these sensors with earth observation imaging and AI. ✅Create sustainable, nature-based, and technology-based water remediation methods. ✅Promote these methods through pricing incentives. 🛠️ These technologies will be part of decision support systems (DSSs) tested in case studies focused on dairy water treatment, soil salination mitigation, and fertilizer/pesticide optimization. The goal is to upscale local DSSs into a universal, adaptable platform. 📍In two weeks the partners will meet in-person at the Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland to get to know each other and enjoy a visit to the Irish demo site. Stay tuned! Follow our journey on X: https://x.com/universwater Press release: https://lnkd.in/eNkxh3FV #UNIVERSWATER #WaterManagement #Sustainability #Innovation #EUfunded #AgriWater #ClimateChange #WaterQuality #AI hashtag #EnvironmentalScience #SmartAgriculture

Do you want to participate as a speaker in our Climate Change and Agriculture webinar? We are excited to invite all European-funded Climate Science research projects working towards addressing the urgent challenge of climate change and its impact on agriculture. 🔥 Are you actively developing innovative solutions to combat the consequences of climate change in agriculture? 🌲 Do you specialize in methods and strategies for fields and crops? 🌿 Have you already implemented proven best practices in this field? If your project aligns with these criteria, we would love to hear from you! This webinar aims to create a platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration among experts and stakeholders in the field of Climate Change and Agriculture. By participating as a speaker, you will have the opportunity to: 📢 Present your research findings, methodologies, and successful practices to a diverse audience of professionals and decision-makers. 🌍 Showcase your project's contribution to combating climate change and addressing affections in agriculture 🤝 Engage in meaningful discussions, exchange ideas, and explore potential collaborations with scientific experts. 📧 If you want to participate as a speaker, please get in touch with us at [email protected], and share your contact details and a brief overview of your project. Looking forward to hearing from you! LINK article: https://lnkd.in/g5TTe6HW MAIA consortium is composed by BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, "Athena" Research and Innovation Center, Sustainable Development Unit - SDU, Horizon Nua, SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute, weADAPT Learn - Share - Connect, #AQUATEC (AGBAR & Veolia), SPI - Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, Smart Cities Consulting GmbH,AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Regions4, Inmedia Solutions, Thatzad. That's Advertising!, ICATALIST S.L, Off Course Studio, The Funding Company

📲 Digital technologies are often touted as a silver bullet to respond to the interconnected crises of food, climate and biodiversity. But the reality is much more complex. A new report from FIAN International, Friends of the Earth Europe and Coventry University examines the potential implications of digital technologies in European agriculture, and particularly the frictions between new digital technologies and peasant autonomy, agroecology and food sovereignty. 👉 Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/3MG8ydB