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Dr. Andreas Gattinger
Subject leader climate
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL
Ackerstrasse
5070 Frick
Switzerland
Tel. +41 865 7272
Fax +41 865 7273
andreas.gattinger@no-spam.fibl.org
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First RTOACC workshop

Participants of the first workshop of the Round table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change RTOACC, which took place at FiBL in Switzerland on May 10 and 11, 2010. Picture: Thomas Alföldi, FiBL

First RTOACC workshop on May 10 and 11, 2010 held in Frick, Switzerland

Summary

Summary of the member workshop of the Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC) (277 KB)

Agenda

May 10, 2010

11.00-14.00	Arrival of the Participants at the FiBL Room “Sitzungszimmer”
14.00	Start of the Workshop and Welcome	Eric Wyss, FiBL
14.10	Introduction and Aims of the Meeting	Andreas Gattinger, FiBL
14.20-16.00	Session 1: Reduction of GHG emissions through Organic Agriculture: Facts and Figures and Case studies	Moderated by Matthias Stolze, FiBL
	Input 1: Mitigation Potential of Organic Farming Systems (112 KB) Questions/Remarks	Adrian Müller, FiBL
	Input2: Soil Carbon in Plant-Soil-Systems (780 KB) Questions/Remarks	Paul Mäder, FiBL
	Input 3: GHG Emissions and C equestration in Mediterranean Croplands: Available Information and Gaps (568 KB) Questions/Remarks	Luis Lassaletta, SEAE
	Input 4: GHG Emissions in Animal husbandry (625 KB) Questions/Remarks	Peter Klocke, FiBL
16.15	Break
16.30	Group discussion to main topics of session 1	Andreas Gattinger, FiBL
17.30	Conlcusions from group discussions and joint discussion
18.15	Apéro in the FiBL wine cellar and Dinner
20.00	Session 2: Progress reports accompanied by poster presentation on “Organic agriculture and climate change” of RTOACC members Research Project: Greenhouse Gases and Organic Agriculture (1.5 MB) Organic Agriculture & Climate Change (1.8 MB) Joint discussion, Implications for RTOACC	Andreas Gattinger, FiBL
22.00	End of the Meeting

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May 11, 2011

09.00	Review of the Outcome of Session 1 and 2 and Agreement on the Outcome Paper	Urs Niggli
10.00	Session 3: Carbon trading to enhance income and food security	Andreas Gattinger
	Input 5: Climate Change and food security (3.5 MB) Questions/Remarks	Alberte Bondeau: PIK Potsdam
	Input 6: The South Centre’s Perspective on Climate Change and Food Security (451 KB) Questions/Remarks	Vice Yu, South Centre, Geneva
10.45	Break
11.00-12.45	Input 7: Introduction in instruments and market mechanisms link (112 KB) Questions/Remark	Adrian Müller, FiBL
	Input 8: Potential of Organic Agriculture in the Carbon Markets (1.2 MB) Questions/Remark	Roman Schibli, South Pole Carbon Ltd.
	Input 9: Benefits for European farmers from carbon trading. Possible models and perspectives for the south (264 KB) Questions/Remarks	G. T. Svendsen, University of Aarhus Erik Fog, Danish Agricultural Advisory Service.
12.45	Lunch
14.00	Introduction into the group discussions
14.20	The potential of organic agriculture in the carbon market Four thematic groups: Economic profitability/Flow of goods and funds within CDM/VCM Adapted/alternative instruments for carbon offset mechanisms Method development/low hanging fruits for carbon offset mechanisms Policy issues / organic agriculture in climate policy
15.30	Break
16.00	Reports from the four working group and synthesis
16.30	Conclusion for the RTOACC (277 KB)
17.30	End of the Workshop Final get together / transports to the train station etc.

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