Co-designing Strategies to Scale Natural Climate Solutions in Canada’s Agriculture Sector

The adoption of natural climate solutions by farmers, such as cover cropping, avoiding grassland conversion, and improving nutrient use efficiency contributes to climate change mitigation, while also producing environmental and societal co-benefits. Scaling natural climate solutions in agriculture is increasingly being explored as a critical component in achieving net-zero targets. Recently, Nature United published a landmark study that finds the suite of natural climate solutions in agriculture has the potential to cut Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions by 37.4 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year. Now, the challenge before us is to explore how to foster an enabling environment in Canada that effectively encourages farmers to adopt natural climate solutions to reach the climate change mitigation potential outlined in Nature United’s study. While navigating this challenge, the intern will work with Nature United to develop a strategy to scale natural climate solutions adoption in Canadian agriculture

Faculty Supervisor:

Ben Bradshaw

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Partner:

Nature United

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Aquaculture and Fishing; Sustainability & the Environment; Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

University of Guelph

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