On June 13-14, at the Academic Center of the University of Latvia, 80 climate experts, policymakers, and representatives from the forestry and agriculture sectors of the EU member states met at the international conference of the LIFE OrgBalt project “Climate Change Mitigation in Organic Soils in Agricultural and Forest Lands” and visited the project’s demonstration sites.

Please find all the recordings and presentations of the conference HERE>>>

Various aspects of nutrient-rich organic soils were discussed at the conference:

• Organic soils within the EU regulatory frameworks and climate related policies
• LIFE OrgBalt project results for developing coherent climate and environment policy for the land use sector
• Distribution of peatlands and organic soils in the Baltic Sea region
• Emission factors of CO2 in forest and agriculture lands
• Soil CH4 and N2O balance from forest and agriculture lands
• Scenarios for reduction of GHG emissions from nutrients-rich organic soils
• Projections of GHG emissions from different land uses
• Evaluation of the impact of GHG emission reduction measures and their socioeconomic implications, etc.

As emphasized by Emanuele Lugato, scientific project manager of the European Commission’s Joint Research Center, the management of organic soils plays a significant role in the EU’s plans to mitigate climate change.

Thank you to the experts, project’s partners and conference participants!