The Climate - Soil Community of Practice
This Climate-Soil Community of Practice (CoP) has jointly been launched by the “4 per 1000” Initiative on soils for food security and climate and the GIZ Sector Project Soil Protection, Combating Desertification, Sustainable Land Management (BMZ) in 2020.
The core concern of this Climate-Soil Community of Practice is to raise the awareness of the climate change mitigation and adaptation potential of sustainable land management and SOC enriching practices and identify concrete pathways for improvement and implementation. Its aim is to disseminate information on successful projects in the area of SLM and carbon sequestration, highlight good practices for overcoming adoption barriers and strengthen the case for sustainable land management as a key to effective climate action.
In addition, we advocate for increased and tangible consideration of SOC in relevant interventions and policy processes, such as the National Determined Contributions (NDCs).
The Climate-Soil Community of Practice (CoP) provides a platform for collaboration and peer-learning amongst its members and offers an open space for discussion and creative thinking.
Please register here: Registration for the Climate-Soil Community of Practice
Who is doing what at COP28?
If you would like to be included in this overview, please fill our this form: COP 28 - Dubai 30.11. - 12.12.2023
| Name | Organisation | E-Mail Address | Information to share | On-site in Dubai? | "4 per 1000" Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viri Alcantara-Shivapatham | Verra | valcantara@verra.org | https://verra.org/connect-with-verra-at-cop28-in-dubai/ | no | no |
| Deepak Sahebrao Patil | BAIF Development Research Foundation | deepak.patil@baif.org.in | no - but following online | yes | |
| Avanti Sanjay Pethe | Conscious Planet - Save Soil | avanti.p@consiousplanet.org | We have a Save Soil pavilion in the blue zone. Events will be updated on our website in a couple of days. All events are hybrid in nature and we welcome all to join. The crux of our messaging is soil being a significant solution to climate change. | yes | yes |
| Anirudh Keny | Boomitra | anirudh@boomitra.com | yes | yes | |
| Rajashree Joshi | BAIF Development Research Foundation | rajeshreejoshi@baif.org.in | We are one of the panellists in CA4SH panel. Happening on 6th Dec. | yes | yes |
| Tuan Poy, TEE | Universiti Putra Malaysia | ttpoy@upm.edu.my | no, I follow online | no | |
| Beata Madari | Embrapa | beata.madari@embrapa.br | yes | yes | |
| Bâ Diè Boubou | NOG AFE | dieboubouba15@gmail.com | Yes l like to share an event with my collègues members and partners of 4 per 1000. The event treatens the life of the population in my région of Mali( West africa) | yes | yes |
| Julia Klemme | 4p1000 Initiative | julia.klemme@4p1000.org | please find out about all Side events the 4p1000 Initiative is engaged in here: "4 per 1000" at COP28 | yes | yes |
| Mailen Saluzzio | Argentine No till Farmers Association (Aapresid) | saluzzio@aapresid.org.ar | Event title: Multi-stakeholder partnerships to favour the development of sustainable production models. Date, time and place: Dec-11 - 17:00 - 60 mins (Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas Pavilion, blue zone) Objectives: To address the need of multi-stakeholder partnerships to favour the development of sustainable production models in Latin America. Short description: This event, supported by the Confederation of Associations for a Sustainable Agriculture - CAAPAS, composed by farmers associations from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Mexico and currently under Argentinian presidency, will address the sustainable production systems mostly adopted at the region which have shown its effectiveness in generating sustainable solutions based on science, with a lower environmental impact and economic benefits for farmers. In this sense, this panel will present different projects and solutions developed in real production scenarios and led by farmers, along with science, AG companies and institutions; as well as the strategic role played by IGOs and the public sector to scale these initiatives at a regional level and enhance a model of agriculture ally in the fight against climate change. Moderators and Speakers: Moderator: Ms. Mailen Saluzzio, International Program Manager of the Argentine No Till Farmers Association (AAPRESID). Speakers: Mr. Marcelo Torres, President of CAAPAS and AAPRESID. Ms. Natasha Santos, Head of Global Stakeholders Affairs & Strategic Partnerships of Bayer Ms. Corina Lehmann, Director of Environmental Affairs of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine Republic. Mr. Francisco Mello, Head of the Center for Knowledge Management and Horizontal Cooperation of the IICA | yes | yes |
| Helmy Abouleish | SEKEM | helmy.abouleish@sekem.com | Events in the Green Zone’s Terra Pavilion auditorium: December 1 17.00-21.30 FINANCING THETRANSITIONTOWARDSREGENERATIVEFOOD SYSTEMS December 8 17.30-21.30 STRENGTHENINGOFFER ANDDEMAND FORREGENERATIVEPRODUCTS December 10 17.00-21.30 MAINSTREAMING REGENERATIVE AGRI-CULTURES ON THE ROAD TOCOP30 Events at the Future Economy Forum Blue Zone Pavilion are: - Dec 2 at 13.00 – 14.30 Dialog Lunch: Series Launch & Whole system carbon credits - Dec 3 at 14.30 – 16.00 Solutions Dialogue: Biodiversity credits - Dec 5 at 11.00 – 12.30 Solutions Dialogue: Methane - Dec 8 at 11.00 – 12.30 Solutions Dialogue: People credits - Dec 9 at 11.00 – 12.30 Solutions Dialogue: Food & Water Security | yes | yes |
Events that took place in 2022 and 2023
- January 2022: Follow up event to the October meeting on incentives for sustainable Land Management (took place)
- March 2022: Panel discussion on the chances and risks related to carbon sequestration in soils
- May 2022: Linking Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) targets with Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) through Sustainable Land Management”as Side Event during UNCCD COP 15
- March 2023: Biochar-How to scale it?
- September 2023: Event on Carbon Markets for smallholders – Guidebook for project developers: "GIZ experiences for agricultural carbon project development targeting Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM)"
Input from Members
We always welcome input from our members. If you would like to present your project or topic at one of our events or organize an event yourself as part of the Community of Practice - please get in touch with Julia.Klemme@4p1000.org.
If you would like to share information, websites or papers with the community, we would also be happy to hear from you. You can simply upload them directly yourself (please use the edit button on one of the already existing thematic pages here) or send them to Julia.Klemme@4p1000.org.
You can find already shared information of our members here: Knowledge Products
