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S.3894 – Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020

2020
Proposed Legislation
The Growing Climate Solutions Act creates a certification program at USDA to help solve technical entry barriers to farmer and forest landowner participation in carbon credit markets.

Land Use: Policies for a Net Zero UK

2020
Policy Proposal
Committee on Climate Change
This report focuses on the policies to reduce land-based emissions of greenhouse gases such that around one-fifth of agricultural land in the UK is released by 2050 for actions that reduce emissions and sequester carbon.

Danone – Horizon Organic Pledge

2020
Declaration
Horizon Organic announced a commitment to become carbon positive by 2025 using regenerative agriculture, soil sequestration, restoring prairie lands and forestlands, and evaluating and pursuing new technology.

Starbucks Pledge

2020
Declaration
Starbucks has committed to being resource positive by storing more carbon than they emit through investments in regenerative agricultural practices, reforestation, forest conservation and water replenishment in their supply chain.

USDA Agriculture Innovation Agenda

2020
Policy Proposal
United States Department of Agriculture
The Agriculture Innovation Agenda commits to enhance carbon sequestration through soil health and forestry and capitalize on innovative technologies and practices to achieve a net reduction of the agricultural sector current carbon footprint by 2050.

Restoring Abandoned Farmland to Mitigate Climate Change on a Full Earth

2020
Scholarly Work
Yi Yang, Sarah E. Hobbie, Rebecca R. Hernandez, Joseph Fargione, Steven M. Grodsky, David Tilman, Yong-Guan Zhu, Yu Luo, Timothy M. Smith, Jacob M. Jungers, Ming Yang, Wei-Qiang Chen
This paper presents an overview of how carbon capture and storage on abandoned farmland can be accelerated and maximized and how emerging policy and market initiatives can facilitate adoption of farmland carbon sequestration strategies.

Carbon Farming Schemes in Europe – Roundtable Background Document

2019
Scholarly Work
Organized by the European Commission Directorate-General
This background document supported the Carbon Farming Schemes in Europe Roundtable that took place on October 9th, 2019, which informed the further exploration of carbon farming scheme options in Europe.