In this webinar, project lead Professor Richard Tranter from Reading University will present an overview of CALIBRE and its main findings. It is one of eleven science components of the Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) programme.

Agroforestry is a type of agriculture which combines trees with either arable or pastoral systems. This practice allows for simultaneous growth of trees in rows 15-40m apart to allow for conventional food production in the same field. As such, agroforestry offers the potential to deliver carbon sequestration in tree biomass and in soils, food production and multiple other benefits such as biodiversity conservation, water and nutrient cycling and microclimate regulation.

‘Tree technology’ needed for agroforestry is already available to use on a mass scale, unlike other negative emission technologies (NET) that require further research and development. Given the urgent need for NET to be implemented before 2020 to avoid 2C warming, agroforestry is very well-placed to play an immediate transitionary role in the transformative innovation needed to move towards a low-carbon future with multifunctional land use beyond food production in isolation.

There are significant policy and socio-economic issues that need to be addressed to unlock the potential of agroforestry within current regulatory and market environment.

The webinar will be presented through zoom and registration is required.