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Carbon Management Centre Overview Dr Bob Rees Carbon Management Centre • Established April 2011 • To develop research education and advice on carbon management in the rural economy • Contributing to SG policy led Centre of Expertise on Climate Change • National research programme to improve inventory reporting and mitigation 2 Carbon Management Centre Customers of the SRUC Carbon Management Centre Services / Activities Research and scientific communities Policy makers National Inventory Reporting of Emissions, Mitigation through Land Management and Land Use Change Consultancy services to rural businesses • Appraisal/Improvement of technical and economic performance of enterprises • Agri-carb (carbon calculator) and associated services Education and training Integrating the theory and practice of carbon management across the SRUC curriculum National and International collaborations Involvement with the Global Research Alliance and Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture Food Security and Climate Change 3 Greencow • Controlled environmental animal housing, allowing full greenhouse gas measurements • Feeding station samplers allowing larger scale sampling • Linked to genetic screening programmes and field scale measurements No 4 Improving N2O inventory UK IPCC Specific TierTier 1 N3 2Dynamics N Dynamics Model Model International Reporting National Reporting 1% 10% fn Inventory {N type, Soil temp} N2 O NH 3 EF f Volatilisation DevelopmentDeposited Emissions Deposition programme will Soil Temperature N Type improve 30% 28% fn 2.5% {Soil type} structure and f Model EFLeachate Emissions Leached N Leached refine Emissions Soil Type N Type Factors via plot 0.8% 1.25% fn {N type, SMC, pH} to field scale N/Manure EFDirect measurements Applied Soil Moisture Content Soil pH The current inventory structure is ‘bottom up’. Data from national surveys are multiplied by default IPCC emission factors based on international literature review. At present there is little in the way of external validation of the estimated emissions. 5 Nitrous oxide platform experiments Adas, AFBI, Rothamsted , SRUC 6 Greenhouse gas emissions DNDC etc. 7 7 Knowledge Exchange • Demonstration farms and experiments • Farming for a better climate • SAC Consultancy - Environmental - Carbon footprinting management No 8 SRUC Carbon Footprinting Supply chain projects 2011 - potatoes, poultry, vegetables, beef, sheep Agri-CARB (Carbon And Resource Benchmarking) - Tailored farm level efficiency service - Identifies top 5 cost and carbon savings - Develop packaged FRBS service No 9 10 10 Renewables on Farm SAC Consulting and CES commissioned by SG to investigate feasibility of Community Renewables Loan Fund No 11 Renewable Energy • Independent, impartial advice to farmers, landowners and developers • New staff and new skills across all technologies Wind, Hydro, Solar, Biomass, AD • Supported development of Defra/DECC AD strategy • Cuban Biomass Feasibility Study No 12 Farming for a Better Climate • SRUC demonstrating how farmers can reduce emissions and benefit the farm business • Working with 4 ‘climate change focus farmers’ No 13 Farming for a Better Climate: 5 Action Areas No 14 Education • Undergraduate • Masters – Environmental Protection and Management – Ecological Economics – Food Security • Research postgraduate No 15