IDSA01H3 Lecture Notes - Kyoto Protocol, Soil Retrogression And Degradation, Food Security
25 Feb 2013
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Mitigation is mostly associated with international agreements and adaptation. Main premise of mitigation is buying and selling their own greenhouse emissions. They can sell their emissions to those who are emitting higher . The goal of stabilizing and decreasing the emission of greenhouse gases. One good thing that came out of these international agreements is something called redd. It is working well because it is relatively low capital requirements you either cut or plant trees and very low capital is required. If the rainy season shortens or shifts in subtropical zones there will be major impacts on agriculture. When you get to the degraded soil phase farmers will lay back and let the forest grow back. As soils get older and older their fertility degrades. Peak phosphorus, we re gonna runout of phosphorus in the future. All of a sudden we started using fertilizers on soils to keep the oil fertile.
