Soil, Carbon, and Livelihoods: Advancing Climate-Smart Agriculture Through Biochar and ERW

Join the International Biochar Initiative for a session to present the findings from the Unlocking the Future of Climate-Smart Agriculture report, spotlighting the strategic role of Biochar Carbon Removal (BCR) in addressing climate, agronomic, and commercial challenges across global agricultural value chains.

With a focus on the Global South, the session will explore how biochar can deliver both measurable emissions reductions and meaningful co-benefits for farmers, companies, and ecosystems.

Key Themes:

• Agronomic Advantage: Demonstrated improvements in crop yields, soil fertility, and nutrient efficiency, particularly in degraded or acidic soils where marginal gains are greatest. 
• Climatic and Environmental Co-Benefits: Contributions to soil carbon sequestration, GHG reduction, improved water retention, and broader landscape-level regeneration. 
• Socio-Economic Impact: Biochar’s potential to create rural employment, support livelihoods, and promote gender-equitable development through decentralised value chains in the Global South. 
• Commercial Drivers and Insetting Potential: Agribusinesses and CPG companies are increasingly exploring insetting—investing in emissions reductions within their own supply chains—as a strategy to meet Scope 3 targets and strengthen supplier resilience. 

Barriers to Scale and Risk Considerations: Addressing challenges around feedstock logistics, cost competitiveness, policy clarity, and MRV integrity—especially for companies seeking to claim insetting impacts.