Low Input Grasslands / Set-aside Areas

Aaron Scheid; Dr. Ana Frelih-Larsen; Antonia Riedel; Prof. Dr. Andreas Gattinger; Dr. Wiebke Niether

Low Input Grasslands / Set-aside Areas

Publication: Fact Sheet
Citation: Scheid, Aaron et al. 2022: Low input grasslands / set-aside areas. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

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Scheid, Aaron et al. 2022: Low input grasslands / set-aside areas. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

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Analysis of ten Selected Crediting Methodologies for Climate-friendly Soil Management

Annex to the report "Funding Climate-friendly Soil Management"

Year 2025

Publication:Report

Soils are vital for climate mitigation, storing substantial carbon. This report, co-authored by Ecologic Institute's Hugh McDonald, Aaron Scheid and Dr. Ana Frelih-Larsen, examines funding approaches to promote climate-friendly soil management in Europe, focusing on two models: action-based and result-based. Action-based funding supports specific activities but doesn't ensure measurable outcomes, while result-based funding ties payments to verified results, encouraging innovation but involving higher costs and monitoring. Result-based funding approaches can be challenging in the context of soil carbon, with offsetting approaches found to be particularly risky.

Funding Climate-friendly Soil Management

Appropriate policy instruments and limits of market-based approaches

Year 2025

Publication:Policy Brief

Climate-friendly soil management measures generate climate impact through both temporary carbon removals and emissions reductions, posing a challenge for defining key terms such as "carbon removals", "emissions reductions," "avoided emissions," and "negative emissions". This brief reviews scientific definitions of these key terms to create a mini-glossary and discuss key definitional issues in the soil carbon context. A key conclusion is that different policy contexts require definitions to be adapted.

Carbon Removals and Emissions Reductions from Climate-friendly Soil Management

Defining key terms

Year 2024

Presentation:Speech

Hugh McDonald presented preliminary findings from the final report "Funding climate friendly soil management: Appropriate policy instruments and limits of market-based approaches" to an audience of more than 100 staff from the German Environment Agency.

Nature-based Solutions for Climate Protection

28 May 2024
Hugh McDonald

Publication:Fact Sheet

Siemons, Anne et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Preventing double counting. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Funding Climate-friendly Soil Management – Preventing double counting

Year 2022

Publication:Fact Sheet

1st page of the facht sheet "Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Ex ante vs. ex post crediting 1"

McDonald, Hugh et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Ex ante vs. ex post crediting. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Funding Climate-friendly Soil Management – Ex ante vs. ex post crediting

Year 2022

Publication:Fact Sheet

1st page of the fact sheet "Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues Impacts on soil health"

Niether, Wiebke et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Impacts on soil health. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Funding Climate-friendly Soil Management – Impacts on soil health

Year 2022

Publication:Fact Sheet

1st page of the fact sheet "Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Jurisdictional vs. project-based approaches"

Siemons, Anne et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Jurisdictional vs. project-based approaches. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Funding Climate-friendly Soil Management – Jurisdictional vs. project-based approaches

Year 2022

Publication:Fact Sheet

Cover of the fact sheet "Funding climate-friendly soil management– key issues. Land use competition"

Siemons, Anne et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Land use competition. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Funding Climate-friendly Soil Management – Land use competition

Year 2022

Language: English
Authorship: Aaron Scheid

Dr. Ana Frelih-Larsen

Antonia Riedel

Rachael Akinyede

Prof. Dr. Andreas Gattinger, Dr. Wiebke Niether (Justus- Liebig-Universität Giessen)
Funding: German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Published by: German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Year: 2022
Dimension: 7 pp.
Project: Nature-based Solutions for Climate Protection
Project ID: 50061
Keywords: Adaptation

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Climate

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50061-factsheet-low-input-grassland-setaside_final.pdf (983.72 KB)

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PublicationReportRole of Soils in Climate Change Mitigation

Cover of the report "Role of soils in climate change mitigation"

This report examines the mitigation potential of climate friendly soil management practices at global, EU and German level, along with key management measures, their co-benefits and trade-offs, and implementation challenges. Globally, soils store two to three times... Read more

Frelih-Larsen, Ana et al. 2022: Role of soils in climate change mitigation. Interim Report. Climate Change 56/2022. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

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Frelih-Larsen, Ana et al. 2022: Silvoarable agroforestry. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau. ... Read more

Frelih-Larsen, Ana et al. 2022: Silvoarable agroforestry. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

PublicationFact SheetCritical External Inputs: off-farm compost, off-farm manure and biochar

cover of the fact sheet "Critical External Inputs: off-farm compost, off-farm manure and biochar"

Gattinger, Andreas et al. 2022: Critical External Inputs: off-farm compost, off-farm manure and biochar. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau. ... Read more

Gattinger, Andreas et al. 2022: Critical External Inputs: off-farm compost, off-farm manure and biochar. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

PublicationFact SheetImproved Crop Rotation

1st page of the fact sheet "Improved crop rotation"

Frelih-Larsen, Ana et al. 2022: Improved Crop Rotation. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau. ... Read more

Frelih-Larsen, Ana et al. 2022: Improved Crop Rotation. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

PublicationFact SheetMixed Crop-livestock Systems

1st page of the fact sheet "Mixed crop-livestock systems"

Gattinger, Andreas et al. 2022: Mixed Crop-livestock Systems. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau. ... Read more

Gattinger, Andreas et al. 2022: Mixed Crop-livestock Systems. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

PublicationFact SheetNitrification Inhibitors: Biological and synthetic

1st page of the fact sheet "Nitrification inhibitors: biological and synthetic"

Frelih-Larsen, Ana et al. 2022: Nitrification inhibitors: biological and synthetic. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau. ... Read more

Frelih-Larsen, Ana et al. 2022: Nitrification inhibitors: biological and synthetic. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

PublicationFact SheetPrecision Farming (site-specific management)

1st page of the fact sheet "Precision farming (site-specific management)"

Gattinger, Andreas et al. 2022: Precision Farming (site-specific management). Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau. ... Read more

Gattinger, Andreas et al. 2022: Precision Farming (site-specific management). Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

PublicationFact SheetPrevention of Land Take

1st page of the fact sheet "Prevention of land take"

Scheid, Aaron et al. 2022: Prevention of land take. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau. ... Read more

Scheid, Aaron et al. 2022: Prevention of land take. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

PublicationFact SheetReducing Soil Compaction

1st page of the fact sheet "Reducing soil compaction"

Gattinger, Andreas et al. 2022: Reducing soil compaction. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau. ... Read more

Gattinger, Andreas et al. 2022: Reducing soil compaction. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

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