This website was archived on January 26, 2020 and is no longer updated.

Home » Workshops » Workshop 1

RTOACC Workshop 1: Member workshop of the Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC) at FiBL, Frick, Switzerland, May 10 and 11, 2010

Contents

About the workshop

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

On May 10 and 11, 2010, the first workshop on Climate Change and Organic Agriculture took place at the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL in Frick, Switzerland.

Issues:

In-depth scientific exchange on the available data on GHG emissions and the carbon sequestration potential of organic crop and livestock systems.
Discussions on gaps in the available data and ideas on how these could be filled
The climate change mitigation potential of organic farming systems and the development of a methodology for the carbon market.
Discussions on the co-benefits of carbon trading to enhance income and food security

Summary document

Summary of the member workshop of the Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC) (276.8 KB)

Agenda

Programme 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 (111.9 KB) Questions/Remarks	Adrian Müller, FiBL
	Input2: Soil Carbon in Plant-Soil-Systems (779.7 KB) Questions/Remarks	Paul Mäder, FiBL
	Input 3: GHG Emissions and C equestration in Mediterranean Croplands: Available Information and Gaps (567.5 KB) Questions/Remarks	Luis Lassaletta, SEAE
	Input 4: GHG Emissions in Animal husbandry (624.8 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

Programme May 11, 2010

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 (450.7 KB) Questions/Remarks	Vice Yu, South Centre, Geneva
10.45	Break
11.00-12.45	Input 7: Introduction in instruments and market mechanisms link (111.9 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 (264.4 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 (276.8 KB)
17.30	End of the Workshop Final get together / transports to the train station etc.