1. CCAFS – mitigation options tool
Diana Feliciano, Dali Nayak, Sylvia
Vetter & Jon Hillier
University of Aberdeen
Piracicaba 18.03.2015
2. Diana Feliciano
Education
• 2003 Forestry (Forest Engineering) – 5 years Technical
University of Lisbon
• 2008 MSc in Economics – Portuguese Catholic University
• 2012 PhD in Geography– University of Aberdeen and JHI
Working path
• Portuguese Catholic University, Porto – 2004-2007
• Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen – 2007-
2009
• International Social Science Council, UNESCO, Paris – 2013
• Research fellow – University of Aberdeen – 2013- current
6/5/2015 Diana Feliciano 2
4. Mitigation options tool
• Partnership between the CGIAR programme on
Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
(CCAFS) & University of Aberdeen.
• This tool is still being developed;
• The CCAFS Mitigation Options Tool estimates
GHGs emissions from multiple crop and livestock
management systems in different world regions;
• To provide decision-makers reliable information
needed to make science-informed decisions
about emissions reductions from agriculture.
5. CGIAR goals: Reduce poverty, improve food and
nutrition for health, improve ecosystems and services
6. CGIAR research programme (16 RP) on
Climate Change, Agriculture, Food
Security
• Research Themes:
- Climate Smart Agricultural Practices
- Climate Risk Management
- Low Emissions Agriculture √
- Gender and Equity
- Policies and Institutions
8. What distinguishes the CCAFS tool?
- It estimates GHG emissions in several crops, rice and livestock X;
- It estimates the mitigation potential of several management
options √;
- It ranks the mitigation options according to their mitigation
potential √;
- It joins several empirical models to estimate GHG emissions √ .
General characteristics of the screening tool:
- Excel-based tool;
- Easy and quick to fill (5-10 minutes);
- Easy to get the results.
11. Methane emissions in paddy rice
Yan et al. 2006
ln(flux) = constant + a × ln(SOC) + pHm + PWi + WTj + CLk
+OMl ×ln (1+AOMl )
•SOC
•Soil pH
•Climate
•Preseason water regime
•Water regime of the growing season
•Type and amount of organic fertiliser
12. Mitigacion options
• We chose mitigation options that do not affect
crop production capacity (ongoing work):
Zero-tillage (e.g. maize)
Nitrification inhibitors
Manure
AgroforestryCover crops
Fertiliser
production
14. Summary
• An Excel-based tool – can be used in any pc;
• Uses empirical models different from IPCC
factors;
• Provides information about mitigation options
and their mitigation potential;
• Maximum time required is 10 min;
• Advanced and quick user - Accommodates a
range of users.
• It is intended to help decision-makers
understanding GHG emissions mitigation.
15. Further work
• Objectives CCAFS: Support better global
knowledge about GHG emissions and low
emissions agriculture policy; Support South-
South training.
• Quantifying livestock emissions (cattle and
land use change);
• Socio-economic barriers to implementation of
mitigation options;
• Links between mitigation and adaptation
16. Discussion
- What are the most important subsectors and practices represented? (e.g.
for max emission reductions as well as decisions facing these groups)
- Is this information useful?
- What is the desired degree of robustness?
- What further information is needed?
- Examples of decisions for which you could use this tool?
- Which groups would be more interested in using the tool?
- How to improve usability for the most relevant groups?
- Leaflet CCAFS
17. Acknowledgements
• This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research
Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food
Security (CCAFS), which is a strategic partnership of
CGIAR and Future Earth. This research was carried out
with funding by the European Union (EU) and with
technical support from the International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD). The views expressed in
the document cannot be taken to reflect the official
opinions of CGIAR, Future Earth, or donors.
Las preocupaciones con el cambio climatico imponen la necessidad de entender cuáles son las principales fuentes de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) y sus sumideros.
Entender las fuentes de GEI;
Entender cuales son las opciones de mitigacion mas efectivas.
Low emissions agriculture: Supporting agricultural development that reduces greenhouse gas emissions or sequesters carbon while improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. To develop innovative methods, and new knowledge that better enable farmers) that is, competitive and profitable as well as sustainable and resilient. http://ccafs.cgiar.org/ and http://ciat.cgiar.org/climate-change .
Mission: Sustainable food security will be achieved in developing countries and poverty reduced through scientific research and related activities in the fields of agriculture, forestry, fishing, policy, and the environment.
CCAFS seeks to identify agricultural development options that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration. Together with our partners, CCAFS produces research:
To improve estimates of farm emissions;
To provide tools and information to decision makers and;
To support the implementation of low emissions practices and policies.
Flagship Leader, Low Emissions Agriculture – Lini Wollenberg
Voces ja conhecem certamente outras ferramentas e software para calcular emissoes de carbono.
Muchas herramientas para calcular GEI al nivel del cultivo o al nivel de la finca han sido desarroladas:
E.g. EX-ACT, CALM, C-PLAN, Biograce calculator, Cool Farm Tool, Biofuel calculator, …etc
Whittaker et al. 2013 (publicacion)
Emisiones segun la region, clima, caracteristicas del suelo.
Summarized information from 1008 N2O and 189 NO emission measurements for agricultural fields, and 207 N2O and 210 NO measurements for soils under natural vegetation
N emission of N2O and NO expressed in kg.ha-1 of N over the time period covered by measurements. A is a constant and Ei (Effect value for factor i – soil pH, soil texture, fertiliser application rate).
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Where flux = average CH4 flux duirng rice growing season (mg CH4 m-2 h-1)
SOC = soil organic carbon content (%)
pHm = effect of soil pH
PWi = effect of preseason water status (i = flooded, long drainage, short drainage, double drainage, unknown)
WTj = effect of water regime in growing season (j = floooding, single drainage, multiple drainage, wet season rainfed, dryseason rainfed, deepwater, unknown)
CLk = effect of climate
OMl = effect of added organic material (l is compost, farmyard manure, green manure, rice straw on season, rice straw off season)
AOMl = amount of organic amendment in (t ha-1)
Labranza cero: Kessel et al. 2013
Inhibidores de nitrificacion: Akiyama et al. 2013
Balance N: Bentrup & Palliere (2010)
Produccion de fertilizante (Europa): Bentrup & Palliere (2008)
Organic ammendements: IPCC
Sistemas agroforestales: Una metanalysis de varios estudios.
To support work on improving Green Municipalities in Para and scaling up the use of sustainability standards for cattle.
We have partnerships currently with IMAFLORA, USP, Embrapa, and CIRAD in Brazil, but most of these are new or minor.