New YASSP Report Highlights Path to Verifying Soil Carbon Farming Benefits
A report recently released by the Yale Applied Science Synthesis Program (YASSP) a joint initiative of the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) and Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC), and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), outlines practical strategies to enhance the quality of evidence supporting soil carbon farming.
The report emphasizes the need to expand and improve soil measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification (MMRV) systems to increase confidence that carbon farming practices lead to real carbon sequestration and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
The lead authors, YASSP Faculty Director and YCNCC Scientific Leadership Team Member Dr. Mark Bradford and EDF and YSE Associate Research Scientist Emily Oldfield, highlighted that adopting more systematic approaches to gathering high-quality data will help identify and refine agricultural practices with the greatest potential for climate adaptation and mitigation.
The findings aim to support policymakers and land managers in scaling effective carbon farming initiatives to combat climate change.
