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Leading investment bank Deutsche Bank
recognises biochar as a climate mitigation tool. The
bank has just published a new report, “Investing
in Agriculture: Far-Reaching Challenge, Significant Opportunity:
An Asset Management Perspective.” The report explores
the question of how to meet sustainably the growing energy
and food demands of a global population approaching nine
billion people in 2050 in a sector affected by climate
change.
According to the report, policy makers
must look for ways to boost agricultural production.
The report also considers that policy makers must examine
how agriculture can help to mitigate against carbon emissions.
“Sustainable forestry, addressing deforestation, and
ending slash-and-burn agricultural conversion are obvious
answers,” the report concludes; “carbon sinks can also
be created through practices that sequester carbon in
agricultural soils, such as low tillage and biochar.” Read
the full paper…
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