RTOACC Workshop 3: Member workshop of the Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC), Rom, Italy, November 22, 2010

9.30

Welcome and introduction to programme and tasks
Andreas Gattinger (FiBL), Nadia Scialabba (FAO)

9.45

• Session 1: In-depth scientific exchange on the available data on GHG emissions and the carbon sequestration potential of organic crop and livestock systems incl. gaps in the available data and ideas on how these could be filled; Moderation: Nadia Scialabba (FAO)
• Carbon levels in agricultural soils under organic and non-organic management (992 KB); Andreas Gattinger (FiBL)
• GHG Emissions and C sequestration in Mediterranean Croplands: Available information and Gaps (562 KB); Eduardo Aguilera Fernández (SEAE)
  Concept for the end report Andreas Gattinger (FiBL)
• Joint discussion of session 1 contents/conclusions

11.15

Break

11.30

• Session 2: The climate change mitigation potential of organic farming systems and the development of a methodology for the carbon market; Moderation: Lise Andreasen (ICROFS)
• Organic farming systems and the development of a methodology for the carbon market (674 KB) – state of the art/Concept for the end report Adrian Müller (FiBL)
• Joint discussion of session 2 contents/conclusions

13.00

Lunch Break

13.45

Ex-act, a carbon balance tool Marianne Tinlot (FAO)

14.15

• Session 3: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - methods, models and databases with focus on GHG emission and sequestration potential of organic farming systems and organic food; Moderation: Urs Niggli (FiBL)
• Presentation of Draft Report on: LCA research, data gaps and LCA method development and databases for organic farming systems (1.9 MB)
  Marie Trydeman Knudsen and Dr. John E. Hermansen, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Concept for the end report Lise Andreasen (ICROFS)
• Joint discussion of session 3 contents/conclusions

15.30

Break

15.45

• Session 4: Future of RTOACC Moderation: Andreas Gattinger (FiBL)
• Goals/organizational structure/funding Noémi Nemes (FAO)/future activities
• Joint discussion of session 4/conclusions

17.30

End of meeting