Event Posting
The Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH) is holding a breakout session at the upcoming AIM for CLIMATE Summit in Washington, DC, USA.
The main goal of CA4SH is to improve soil health globally by addressing critical implementation, monitoring, policy, and public and private investment barriers that currently constrain farmers from scaling healthy soil practices. The four main targets include:
Integrate soil health in policy across the development, environment, agriculture and climate change domains;
Expand research in development on soil health practices and monitoring;
Significantly increase the number of hectares of land under healthy soil practices;
Increase investments in soil health by a margin of 5-10 fold above current financing commitments.
This session will bring together actors from various sectors to highlight a roadmap to the successful scaling of healthy soil practices, globally. We will highlight on-the-ground advancements in the accurate monitoring of soil health, opportunities for a soil health resolution in the upcoming climate negotiations, as well as realistic and equitable financing opportunities.
The session will involve an expert panel with the following speakers:
Moderator:
Global Research Leader of Soil and Land Health at CIFOR-ICRAF and co-lead of the Coalition of Action for Soil Health (CA4SH)
By Video:
Dr Rattan Lal
Distinguished Professor of Soil Science at Ohio State University, Member of the Biden-appointed committee, Board for International Food and Agriculture Development (BIFAD)
Founder & Director of Strategic Growth, Sustainable Harvest International
Principal Scientist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Founder of Clim-Eat
Chief Scientific Officer, Soil Health Institute
Robert Bonnie
Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation at USDA
Director of Partnerships – Environment & Landscapes, Bayer
Executive Vice President, WBCSD