Centre on Climate Change
The core work of the ORCA Centre on Climate Change is to research the impacts of climate change on organic systems and the potential for organic agriculture to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change RTOACC was founded in order to prepare this research work.
The Roundtable on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change RTOACC is a multi-stakeholder initiative. It was founded on December 16, 2009 in Copenhagen, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. RTOACC brings together stakeholders and partners along the organic food production chain. The activities are funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO.
The principal objectives of RTOACC are to:
- Initiate, support and facilitate research on organic agriculture and climate change;
- Advise the international community on organic agriculture and climate change issues;
- Develop a measurement method to enable reliable quantification and certification of carbon sequestration in organic agriculture.
Further information
Institutions
- FAO.org/OrganicAG: Institutions that undertake research relevant to organic agriculture and climate change
Documents and links realted to the Round table on organic farming in climate change
- OrganicandClimate.org: Minutes of the first meeting of the Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change
- OrganicandClimate.org: Action Plan of the Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change
- OrganicandClimate.org: Summary of the member workshop of the Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC)
- FiBL.org: Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change established. Press release of December 16, 2009
Links related to organic farming and climate change
- OrgPrints.org: Keyword search for "climate change"
- FiBL.org: Links related to organic farming and climate change
