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Safety NETs - The Biochar Way by Kathleen Draper and Hans-Peter Schmidt Humanity is in need of a safety net to hold us back from free fall into climate chaos. But what might this net, or more likely nets, look like? The recent IPCC report may provide some clues. But it needs now the biochar world to partner with media producers to get the facts and stories on the big screen and make people talk about biochar in the streets. Biochar is one of the six Negative Emission Technologies (NET) discussed in the 2012 IPCC special report. Biochar guidelines for agricultural applications fact sheet - Biochar application to soils requires a similar strategy as the 4Rs of nutrient stewardship: right source, right place, right rate, and right timing.5 When biochar is used appropriately it can help farmers achieve maximum crop productivity and improve soil health, while minimizing environmental impacts. Beyond Application: Learning more about Biochar - Several tools are available to help farmers make biochar application decisions in order to provide the most positive impacts for crop yields and soil properties. In addition, financial assistance to qualifying farmers and ranchers may be available from the USDA-NRCS (CSP, EQIP and RCPP programs).
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Biochar and PyCCS included as negative emission technology by the IPCC - Biochar was included for the first time as a promising negative emission technology (NET) in the new IPCC special report published on 8th October 2018. While the special report’s overall message was alarming, the inclusion of biochar is an important milestone for mitigating climate change and fostering research on pyrogenic carbon.
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