Unlocking the Potential of the soils for carbon farming to meet net zero through real time GHG predictions

通过实时温室气体预测释放土壤碳农业潜力，实现净零排放

• 批准号: 2869835
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Dundee
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2869835
• 关键词: Unlocking; Potential; soils; carbon; farming

In November 2018 the Committee on Climate Change reported that fundamental reform is required to ensure that land becomes a more effective carbon store , and suggested land use policy must promote radically different uses of UK land to support deeper emissions reductions. Existing carbon trading or payment mechanisms have highlighted the enormous potential for economic levers to deliver Net Zero. Progress made in GHG mitigation and carbon sequestration in agriculture and land use sector is very slow and faces challenges technically due to lack of scalable alternate processes and economically lack of viable customised business models suited for local conditions. Robust knowledge and tools are needed for policymakers and farmers to ensure future sustainable management of soils, and production of agricultural commodities to meet Net Zero goals. There is a need for credible and reliable measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) platforms, for national reporting, emissions trading and to track progress towards Net Zero, as well as transparency and understanding of GHG emissions along the entirety of product supply chains. The PhD student is expected to upscale technology developed in RETINA project by dealing with various stakeholders ranging from farmers to private and public sector stakeholders. The student is expected to undertake a case study on the Whisky supply chain, to create carbon footprint models to identify hotspots, potential improvements and viable business models for carbon farming and trading. This PhD will characterize the elements of successful business models, identify market failures, and outline a range of challenges to be overcome to build a commercial case for the private sector for viable carbon trading. The student will build on existing strengths within Hutton developed with recent success (2 million investment). This includes the NERC-RETINA project, which developed a functional digital MVR prototype by combining information from field-based sensors, remote sensing, smartphone apps and integration of models to confirm management practice effectiveness on soil carbon and GHG reductions, and the EU-SENSE project.The project provides excellent opportunities for training in multi-disciplinary skills and techniques spanning agroecology, biogeochemical modelling, statistical analysis, training in High performance computing and knowledge translation that will be highly attractive to future employers. The project will suit candidates with an agriculture/agroecology background interested in working with stakeholders to solve sustainability challenges facing the barley industry. Placements at Chivas Brothers will provide invaluable insights into the practicalities of processing grain for malt and spirits, and an important link to barley growers supplying the whisky industry.

2018年11月，气候变化委员会报告说，必须进行基本改革，以确保土地成为更有效的碳店，建议的土地利用政策必须促进英国土地的根本不同的用途，以支持更深入的减少排放。现有的碳交易或支付机制突出了经济杠杆净净净的巨大潜力。在农业和土地使用部门中的温室气体缓解和碳固执方面取得的进展非常慢，并且由于缺乏可扩展的替代流程而在技术上面临挑战，并且在经济上缺乏适合当地条件的可行定制业务模型。需要强大的知识和工具才能使决策者和农民确保对土壤的未来可持续管理，并生产农产品以满足零净目标。需要可靠且可靠的测量，监测，报告和验证（MRV）平台，用于国家报告，排放交易并跟踪净净净净值的进度，以及整个产品供应链的透明度和了解GHG排放。预计博士生将通过与各种利益相关者打交道，从农民到私营和公共部门利益相关者，可以在Retina项目中开发高档技术。预计该学生将在威士忌供应链上进行案例研究，以创建碳足迹模型，以识别热点，潜在的改进以及可行的碳农业和交易商业模式。该博士学位将描述成功的商业模式的要素，确定市场失败，并概述要克服的一系列挑战，以为私营部门为可行的碳交易建立商业案例。该学生将基于赫顿（Hutton）的现有优势发展，并获得了最近的成功（200万个投资）。这包括NERC-RETINA项目，该项目通过结合基于现场的传感器的信息，遥感，智能手机应用程序和模型的集成来开发功能性数字MVR原型，以确认对土壤碳和温室气体减少的管理实践有效性，以及EU-SENSES项目。翻译对未来的雇主将具有很高的吸引力。该项目将适合候选人，具有与利益相关者合作，以解决大麦行业面临的可持续性挑战的农业/农业生态背景。 Chivas Brothers的安置将为麦芽和烈酒加工谷物的实用性提供宝贵的见解，以及与提供威士忌行业的大麦种植者的重要联系。