Greenhouse gas assessment and mitigation in agriculture: concepts, methods and simulation tools

Sep - Oct 28 02

Fecha: 15-May-2020

Tags: gases de efecto invernadero , agricultura

Fuente: IAMZ - CIHEAM

Hora de inicio: 00:00

  • 1. Context
    • 1.1. Status of Climate Change and potential role of agriculture to meet Paris Agreement expectations
    • 1.2. Meeting sustainable intensification with Nationally Determined Contribution targets
  • 2. Sources and drivers controlling GHG emissions at different scales: from the soil aggregate to the agri-food system
    • 2.1. Main processes underlying emissions of CO2, N2O, CH4
    • 2.2. The soil-plant-atmosphere system and its relationship with the C-N cycle components
    • 2.3. Basic concepts for estimating GHG emission and removals from agriculture and from land use
  • 3. Mitigation options for cropping systems. Examples
    • 3.1. Main factors controlling emissions and effect of agricultural management practices
    • 3.2. Options for reducing non-CO2 GHG emissions
    • 3.3. Options for reducing non-biogenic GHG emissions
    • 3.4. Options for reducing indirect GHG emissions (NO3- leaching, NH3 and NOx)
    • 3.5. Enhancing CO2 removals
  • 4. Reporting National GHG Inventories
    • 4.1. The importance of the National Inventories
    • 4.2. IPCC-based methods
    • 4.3. New 2019 IPCC inventory guidelines
    • 4.4. Overcoming drawbacks, limitations and uncertainties in different national conditions
    • 4.5. Improving national inventories - an introduction
    • 4.6. Practical work based on a case study
  • 5. Improving GHG estimations and National GHG Inventories
    • 5.1. Measuring agricultural GHG emissions and SOC changes at field scale
      • 5.1.1. Methodological challenges: spatial/temporal variability, sampling issues, etc.
      • 5.1.2. Overview of field and laboratory methods: limitations and opportunities
      • 5.1.3. Low cost procedures and new developments
    • 5.2. Process-based modelling approaches: overview, data requirement, limitations and opportunities, applications
      • 5.2.1. Field-scale models for GHG estimation
      • 5.2.2. Life cycle analysis (LCA)
      • 5.2.3. Regional and global models
      • 5.2.4. Challenges of scaling up (or down) in the models
      • 5.2.5. Practical work
        • 5.2.5.1. Field-scale process-based models
        • 5.2.5.2. LCA
  • 6. Socio-economic assessment of GHG mitigation
    • 6.1. The marginal abatement cost curve methodology (MACC)
      • 6.1.1. Key steps of the process
      • 6.1.2. Examples from different countries
    • 6.2. Barriers for mitigation implementation
    • 6.3. Debate on how MACC can help decision making
  • 7. Decision-making oriented tools
    • 7.1. Decision support systems
    • 7.2. User-friendly tools
    • 7.3. Open-access databases
  • 8. Round table discussion
    • 8.1. Priorities on GHG research
    • 8.2. How to incentivize the implementation of mitigation measures