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Information note: Use of biochar (charcoal) to replenish soil carbon pools, restore soil fertility and sequester CO2 Submission by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification 4th Session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 4), Poznan, 1-10 December 2008 Our biochar proposal submitted to COP-14 in Poland (UN Climate Change Conference) was accepted by the UNFCCC for the dialogue for the post 2012 climate regime. This is an important step towards UN certified emissions reductions (CER) and clean development mechanism (CDM) projects. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) AfricaViewPoint encourage that African countries negotiate the inclusion of biochar tehcnniques as approved methodologies in the CDM. |