The role of soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration as a 'win‐win'solution to both climate
change and food insecurity receives an increasing promotion. The opportunity may be too …

Soil organic matter (SOM) provides vital services to humanity. Its preservation and further
accrual are key to sustain food production and avoid an irreversible climate crisis. Here we …

Soil is the largest terrestrial reservoir of organic carbon and is central for climate change
mitigation and carbon-climate feedbacks. Chemical and physical associations of soil carbon …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration is a promising climate change mitigation option. In
this context, the formation of the relatively long‐lived mineral‐associated organic carbon …

Effective land-based solutions to climate change mitigation require actions that maximize
soil carbon storage without generating surplus nitrogen. Land management for carbon …

The capacity of soils to store organic carbon represents a key function of soils that is not only
decisive for climate regulation but also affects other soil functions. Recent efforts to assess …

Manure application to agricultural soils is widely considered as a source of nutrients and a
method of maintaining levels of soil organic carbon (SOC) to mitigate climate change. At …

Recent initiatives, such as the United Nations declaring 2015 as the International Year of
Soils and the French «4 per 1000» initiative call attention on soils and on the importance of …

The '4 per mille Soils for Food Security and Climate'was launched at the COP21 with an
aspiration to increase global soil organic matter stocks by 4 per 1000 (or 0.4%) per year as a …

The international 4 per 1000 initiative aims at supporting states and non-governmental
stakeholders in their efforts towards a better management of soil carbon (C) stocks. These …