An Overview of the Presentation
Agriculture and Climate Change - an agenda for negotiations in Copenhagen and beyond. Supporting world governments' emission reduction proposals for 2020
Important findings in the fight against Climate Change reveal:
The massive power of carbon sequestration using agricultural soils
and the low cost and ease of implementation of this solution.
Three of the most significant issues of our time are:
- Climate change and the sustainable future of the planet.
- Food security for the growing world population
- Poverty alleviation
The challenge of our time is to create a world agreement on these issues. No individual country can provide solutions on their own - the whole human community needs to work together. A decisive test for such world cooperation occurred in Copenhagen in December 2009.
This presentation offers a Solution to Global Climate Change, while at the same time gives practical solutions to all three of these global issues with immediate and low cost implementation possible.
As more and more farmland is converted, an increasing amount of our green-house gas emissions are taken out of the atmosphere and stored as soil carbon.
Long Term Field Trials
Long term field trials have shown that organic and biodynamic farming methods (bio-agriculture) sequester large amounts of carbon into the soil.
This process has been shown to occur continuously, storing up to 11 tonnes of CO2-e per hectare per year. MORE
Our proposal is based on a gradual conversion of farmland to bio-agriculture. As more and more farmland is converted, an increasing amount of our green-house gas emissions are taken out of the atmosphere and stored as soil carbon.
Sample Scenarios
Two sample scenarios are presented that illustrate the dramatic effect the proposal could have on reducing world CO2 emissions.These scenarios, which are based on converting 2.5% of farmland per year to bio-agriculture, complement government emission reduction offers. MORE
Climate Change Calculator
We have developed an interactive calculator that enables the user to clearly see the impact of climate change and what the outcome will be when inputs by government, industry and individuals are altered The calculator works for most countries of the world. MORE
The process of soil carbon storage has been found to be so efficient, that implementing it could neutralise the World’s carbon footprint.
Bio-agriculture reverses land degradation.
 Bio-agriculture builds up soil carbon which helps to regenerate the soil and reverse land degradation.
With our rapidly growing world population the loss of farmland through land degradation is a crisis in waiting. With a third of the world's agricultural land currently degraded, it will, over time, become harder and harder to grow enough food for us all MORE
Bio-agriculture reduces farm emissions
It has been estimated that agriculture accounts for 16% of global anthropogenic emissions. The largest component of this (up to 50%) is emissions caused by fertilizer production and use . Becuase bio-agricultural farming uses no chemical fertilisers it offers great potential for cutting agricultural emissions.
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Soil carbon sequestration is a win-win strategy. It mitigates climate change by offsetting anthropogenic emissions; improves the environment, especially the quality of natural waters; enhances soil quality; improves agronomic productivity; and advances food security. It is the low-hanging fruit and a bridge to the future, until carbon-neutral fuel sources and a low-carbon economy take effect - Rattan Lal 
The present economic downturn threatens to reduce and delay efforts and investment in fighting climate change. The low cost of bio-agricultural farming practices allows for easy transfer and implementation, resulting in significant benefits to all countries.
New technology has made measuring soil carbon storage, not only extremely accurate, but simple and cost effective, thus overcoming one of the major hurdles of an agricultural solution to climate change.