Please contact Emma Crasnier (emma@soilheroesfoundation.com) from Soil Heroes Foundation if you are want to co-sign the open letter below.
Background
It may not be unfamiliar to you that at the end of next week is the start of the COP26 conference.
At COP21 in Paris in 2015, participating countries have committed to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) setting out how they would reduce their emissions.
Each country will bring their updated plans for reducing emissions and combatting climate change to COP26. But so far, the NDCs have fallen far short of the mark in reaching the 1.5°C target. COP26 needs to be the moment that governments commit to going further to secure a safer future for the planet and for us all.
Soil Health ought to be central in the plans for all NDCs; as a means for sequestering carbon whilst also producing food on the land in their country. But it isn’t.
Currently, the COP26 agenda only refers to “building resilient agriculture”, “moving to sustainable agriculture and land use” or “encouraging countries to include nature-based solutions in their climate plans”, but there is no precise definition about what that means concretely and no mention of the expected tangible outcomes.
We have written an Open Letter, addressed to the President and CEO of COP26, demanding that they include building soil health and transitioning to regenerative agriculture on a global scale higher up on the agenda of the conference. We will release this Open Letter on our social media the day before the start of the conference.
While attention towards climate change adaptation and mitigation solutions will be at an all-time high, this is our opportunity to make our voice heard.
We are mobilizing our expert and extensive network of partners and like-minded organizations to co-sign this open letter.
19 Comments
Klaus Erich Mager
glad to sign
Klaus Mager
Sector Leader Agriculture
Business Climate Leaders
USA
Marc Bernard
Please contact Emma Crasnier (emma@soilheroesfoundation.com) from Soil Heroes Foundation if you are want to co-sign the open letter below.
Anonymous
Happy to sign!
Daniel Baertschi, President
Agricultura Regeneratio Association, Switzerland
Anonymous
Where can I sign, I'd do it a million times over if I could.
Marc Bernard
Please contact Emma Crasnier (emma@soilheroesfoundation.com) from Soil Heroes Foundation if you are want to co-sign the open letter below.
Anonymous
Nice to contribute. Where can I sign?
David Morrison
Very happy to sign this
David Morrison
CEO
SoilWatch
Marc Bernard
Please contact Emma Crasnier (emma@soilheroesfoundation.com) from Soil Heroes Foundation if you are want to co-sign the open letter below.
Andre Leu
Regeneration International fully supports this and is happy to sign. Please put us down as a signatory
André Leu
International Director
Anonymous
Nous partageons le même point de vue et je suis pour la signature de la lettre
Anonymous
Nous patagons le même point de vue et je suis partant pour la signature de la lettre. Mahamadou Hamiodu
Anonymous
Will be very much willing to do so, if the world is to change
Anonymous
Bonjour,
nous sommes très ravis de signer votre proposition de collaboration.
Pour nous Valazomby, on est prêt sur le travail dans le cadre de la santé de sol
pour l'alimentation et de l’environnement en créant l’exploitation carbone de terre et de la forêt
pour créer une nouvelle ressource financière.
Anonymous
We are happy to sign
David Newman
Managing Director
ECBPI
Anonymous
I ready and happy to sign
Barca Elongo Musafiri
Nous ravis de signer cette lettre.
Merci
Barca ELONGO MUSAFIRI
Coordinateur d'ADIF
Barca Elongo Musafiri
Nous sommes ravis de signer cette lettre
Merci
Barca ELONGO MUSAFIRI
Coordinateur d'ADIF
Hassane Soumana Kadidia
Bonjour à tous,
Nous sommes heureux de signé cette lettre.
Cordialement,
Kadidia Hassane Soumana
Coordonnatrice Nationale de l’ONG Labizey Hallassa "Lutte pour le bien-être des populations"
Claire Chenu
I am willing to sign this letter. Claire Chenu