The management of agricultural soil carbon is an important tool in battling the climate crisis—but it’s not a silver bullet.
In this issue brief, we explore the potential benefits and challenges of soil-carbon sequestration in the context of agricultural solutions to climate change. Generally, we support initiatives to promote increased soil-carbon sequestration in agricultural soils as a key part of an overall climate change mitigation and adaptation effort.
However, we oppose the use of market-based approaches that rely on agricultural soil-carbon sequestration to offset emissions produced by other industries, particularly to meet mandatory obligations to reduce emissions.
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