Exploiting Soil-Management Strategies for Climate Mitigation in the European Union: Maximizing “Win–Win” Solutions across Policy Regimes

Henriksen, Christian Bugge; Hussey, Karen; Holm, Peter E.

doi:10.5751/es-04176-160422

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“…A number of other methods are being actively promoted to sequester more carbon in soils, although there is little evidence of widespread application thus far. Incorporating more biomass into soils is promoted as a way of enhancing agricultural productivity by improving soil structure, fertility and water infiltration, as well as sequestering carbon (Henriksen et al 2011). Biochar -adding charcoal to soils -has a very active group of promoters (Kleiner 2009;Sohi et al 2009).…”

Section: Risks To Groundwater From Carbon Sequestrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Groundwater Management Under Global Change: Sustaining Biodiversity, Energy and Food Supplies

Pittock

Hussey

Stone

2016

Integrated Groundwater Management

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This chapter grapples with the challenge of simultaneously sustaining biodiversity, energy and food supplies in conjunction with efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Managing groundwater supplies sustainably is critical to that challenge, and the chapter assesses the positive synergies and perverse impacts for sustaining groundwater resources from both climate change mitigation and adaptation policies. The chapter finds that the pressures on groundwater resources will likely increase in the future, with the location, scale and magnitude of groundwater use shifting in response to other pressures. For example, changing energy policies are resulting in rapid deployment of thirsty technologies. Similarly, climate change adaption will increasingly rely on the water storage capacity of aquifers, yet many adaptation measures may also increase groundwater use. For better groundwater management under global change pressures we recommend a focus on complementary measures to: integrate information, deploy appropriate new technologies, apply market-based incentives and improve cross-sectoral governance. The key challenge for proponents of sustaining groundwater resources is to engage stakeholders and decisionmakers outside the water sector in governance institutions.

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Section: Risks To Groundwater From Carbon Sequestrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Groundwater Management Under Global Change: Sustaining Biodiversity, Energy and Food Supplies

Pittock

Hussey

Stone

2016

Integrated Groundwater Management

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“…However, because all soil threats are applicable to agricultural productivity (Figure 1), it is crucial to target reductions in all soil threats to maintain and improve this soil function in the future. In addition, contrary to the targets of the Renewable energy Directive, the analysis of its implementation has shown that it creates trade-offs that compromise soil quality and reduce the soil function of biomass production in the long run [51].…”

Section: Soil Function 1: Food and Biomass Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, an analysis of the CAP by Henriksen et al [51] reports that although GAEC is an important component to encourage soil management practices for mitigating carbon stocks, there are failures of implementation in Member States. The Renewable energy Directive addresses the soil carbon pool by allowing land conversion for biofuel production only if the loss of soil carbon stock that is caused by conversion can be remediated by savings in greenhouse gas emissions that accrue from biofuel production within a reasonable period.…”

Section: Soil Function 6: Carbon Poolmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Current European Policies Prevent Soil Threats and Support Soil Functions?

2014

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There is currently no legislation at the European level that focuses exclusively on soil conservation. A cross-policy analysis was carried out to identify gaps and overlaps in existing EU legislation that is related to soil threats and functions. We found that three soil threats, namely compaction, salinization and soil sealing, were not addressed in any of the 19 legislative policies that were analyzed. Other soil threats, such as erosion, decline in organic matter, loss of biodiversity and contamination, were covered in existing legislation, but only a few directives provided targets for reducing the soil threats. Existing legislation addresses the reduction of the seven soil functions that were analyzed, but there are very few directives for improving soil functions. Because soil degradation is ongoing in Europe, it raises the question whether existing legislation is sufficient for maintaining soil resources. Addressing soil functions individually in various directives fails to account for the multifunctionality of soil. This paper suggests that a European Soil Framework Directive would increase the effectiveness of conserving soil functions in the EU.

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“…Henrikson, Hussey, and Holm (2011) explore the potential of soil management to address both energy and water conservation issues directly. Hitherto, soil has been identified as an important carbon sink, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has identified a number of soil-management strategies that can be implemented to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.…”

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The Energy–Water Nexus: Managing the Links between Energy and Water for a Sustainable Future

Hussey¹,

Pittock²

2012

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ABSTRACT. Water and energy are each recognized as indispensable inputs to modern economies. And, in recent years, driven by the three imperatives of security of supply, sustainability, and economic efficiency, the energy and water sectors have undergone rapid reform. However, it is when water and energy rely on each other that the most complex challenges are posed for policymakers. Despite the links and the urgency in both sectors for security of supply, in existing policy frameworks, energy and water policies are developed largely in isolation from one another-a degree of policy fragmentation that is seeing erroneous developments in both sectors. Examples of the trade-offs between energy and water security include: the proliferation of desalination plants and interbasin transfers to deal with water scarcity; extensive groundwater pumping for water supplies; firstgeneration biofuels; the proliferation of hydropower plants; decentralized water supply solutions such as rainwater tanks; and even some forms of modern irrigation techniques. Drawing on case studies from Australia, Europe, and the United States, this Special Issue attempts to develop a comprehensive understanding of the links between energy and water, to identify where better-integrated policy and management strategies and solutions are needed or available, and to understand where barriers exist to achieve that integration. In this paper we draw out some of the themes emerging from the Special Issue, and, particularly, where insights might be valuable for policymakers, practitioners, and scientists across the many relevant domains. Key Words: energy policy; energy-water nexus; integrated planning; policy integration; water policy INTRODUCTIONThis collection of articles grew out of a series of workshops initiated and sponsored by COST-the intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology-to develop a comprehensive understanding of the links between energy and water, to identify where betterintegrated policy and management strategies and solutions are needed or available, and to understand where barriers exist to achieve that integration. The research initiative responded to the realization that while both water and energy security were attracting significant attention from scholars and practitioners alike, the interconnections between the two sectors-known as the energy-water nexus-had been underappreciated and underexplored (U.S. Department of Energy 2006, Marsh and Sharma 2007, Proust et al. 2007).

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Exploiting Soil-Management Strategies for Climate Mitigation in the European Union: Maximizing “Win–Win” Solutions across Policy Regimes

Cited by 23 publications

References 27 publications

Groundwater Management Under Global Change: Sustaining Biodiversity, Energy and Food Supplies

Groundwater Management Under Global Change: Sustaining Biodiversity, Energy and Food Supplies

Do Current European Policies Prevent Soil Threats and Support Soil Functions?

The Energy–Water Nexus: Managing the Links between Energy and Water for a Sustainable Future

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