Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change RTOACC
Contact
Andreas Gattinger
(Dr. Dipl.-Ing. agr., MSc)
Soil Sciences
Subject leader Climate
FiBL
Ackerstrasse
CH-5070 Frick
Phone +41 62 865-0418
Fax +41 62 865-7273
andreas.gattinger(at)fibl.org
Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change RTOACC
Climate change directly influences food production and food security. To address these new challenges, the Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change has been established on December 16, 2009, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
The Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC) is a multi-stakeholder initiative with eight founding members. It brings together stakeholders and partners along the organic food production chain.
The principal objectives of the round table are
- Initiate, support and facilitate research on organic agriculture and climate change,
- Advise the international community on organic agriculture and climate change issues,
- Develop a measurement method to enable reliable quantification and certification of carbon sequestration in organic agriculture.
To achieve these goals, the members agreed on an action plan for the years 2010 and 2011. The main activity in 2010 will be the development of a methodology for the carbon market that will comply with general development goals such as the benefits for smallholders in developing countries. The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL coordinates these activities.
Further information
- Contact at FiBL: Andreas Gattinger
- FiBL.org: Media release of December 16, 2009: Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change established
- OrganicandClimate.org: Website of the Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change
