Descrizione del progetto
Il futuro della ricerca e dell’innovazione in materia di carbonio nel suolo
I suoli costituiscono un enorme serbatoio di carbonio: pertanto, è importante aumentare gli stock di carbonio nel suolo e ampliarne la conservazione, nonché sfruttarne i benefici collaterali in termini di mitigazione dei cambiamenti climatici e adattamento agli stessi. Alla luce di tali premesse, una prima azione di coordinamento condotta dall’Istituto nazionale francese di ricerca sull’agricoltura, l’alimentazione e l’ambiente (INRAE) ha riunito centinaia di interlocutori che hanno formalizzato il proprio interesse nell’istituzione di un Consorzio internazionale di ricerca dedicato al carbonio nel suolo. Ora il progetto ORCaSa, finanziato dall’UE, avvierà e presenterà le fasi operative iniziali del Consorzio, così che quest’ultimo assuma entro il 2024 un ruolo internazionale di coordinatore della ricerca e dell’innovazione in materia del carbonio nel suolo.
Obiettivo
To reach the targets of the Paris Agreement commitments for land degradation neutrality, for biodiversity, and to support the EU Green Deal, Europe needs to join its research and innovation forces on soil carbon with those around the globe in a coordinated manner. To scale up efforts for conserving and increasing soil carbon stocks and harness the co-benefits for climate change mitigation and adaptation, soil health and food security international coordination of research efforts is essential. In this context the EC supported a 1st Coordination action (CIRCASA) led by INRAE which brought together over 100 key stakeholders and 500 scientists from around the world who formalised an interest in establishing an International Research Consortium (IRC) on Soil Carbon built around an initial strategic research and innovation agenda (SRIA) focusing on agricultural soils. Operationalising the IRC requires further mobilization of the international community of stakeholders working on agricultural soil carbon but also other land uses and therefore expanding the initial SRIA as well as developing with international funding bodies an implementation plan and a central knowledge platform offering services to this community.
The main goal of ORCaSa is therefore to launch and roll out the initial operational phases of the IRC on Soil Carbon so that by 2024 the IRC has established an international position as the coordinator of soil carbon research and innovation and related issues at global level offering a unique SRIA and implementation plan, supporting knowledge platform and enable the preparation of a disruptive low cost international recognized MRV system. To reach this overall goal, ORCaSa brings together European partners and 6 regional nodes covering the 5 continents around an ambitious 3-year work plan working hand in hand with the international every step of the way.
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- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencessoil sciencesedaphology
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutrition
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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