Climate Change Solution: Agroforestry ft. Rattan Lal

Today you will learn from expert guest Rattan Lal about agroforestry, why it may or may not help solve climate change, how it works and what needs to still be done for it to be an effective solution to climate change.Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro (01:27) - What is agroforestry? (02:14) - Why would agroforestry help to solve climate change? (03:48) - Why would agroforestry not help to solve climate change? (05:51) - Who benefits and who is harmed by this solution? (06:32) - How does agroforestry work? (08:03) - What innovation or policy is needed for this to be an effective solution? (10:03) - Recommended resources (11:44) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change (13:57) - Final recommendations (15:40) - Activity
Rattan Lal is professor of soil science and founder and director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center at The Ohio State University.His work focuses on the potential of soils to help solve critical global challenges, including climate change, food security and water quality. In 2019, Lal was awarded the Japan Prize, one of the most prestigious honors in science and technology, in recognition of his research on sustainable soil management and its role in improving global food security and mitigating climate change. He was the first soil scientist to ever receive this prize.Lal also has received the Glinka World Soil Prize from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Agriculture Prize from the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences.
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