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New Study Indicates Biochar Carbon Removal (#BCR) Can Mitigate 3% to 7% of Global Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions



šŸŒ We need to remove 10Gt of CO2 per year by 2050. To achieve this, we will need a portfolio of carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) technologies at scale. BCR will have an important role to play, and a new joint research collaboration between theĀ SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Ā The Nature Conservancy,Ā Cornell University, andĀ Yale School of the EnvironmentĀ has provided new insight into the potential of BCR as a climate change mitigation strategy.Ā 


šŸšœ If all crop residues generated by agriculture globally were utilised for biochar production, the theoretical potential could reach a maximum of one billion metric tons of carbon stored per year, equivalent to all emissions from the world's crop production!


šŸ‘ As nice as that would be, in the real world, the study estimates that biocharā€™s 100-year carbon storage capability falls within 0.36ā€“0.72 gigatons per year which accounts for 3% to 7% of current annual global anthropogenic CO2 emissions just from crop residue alone.Ā 


šŸ‡§šŸ‡¹ šŸ‡®šŸ‡³ The study also highlights 12 countries that have the potential to sequester more than one-fifth of their current emissions as biochar from crop residues, withĀ #BhutanĀ (68%) andĀ #IndiaĀ (53%) having the largest potentials.


šŸ”„ Biochar is on fire! Along with our post on the recent study by the @international biochar Initiative on the global scaling potential of BCR,Ā it is fantastic to see more evidence coming in demonstrating the vital role BCR can play in climate change as a carbon removal solution.Ā 


Want to learn more or join in onĀ #TeamBiochar? Learn more atĀ European Biochar Industry Consortium (EBI)Ā šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡ŗ orĀ US Biochar Coalition (USBC)Ā Ā šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡²





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