By Roger Harrabin
Environment analyst, BBC News
Environment analyst, BBC News
Biochar brings benefits to soils, boosting plant growth
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Green guru James Lovelock claims that the only hope of mitigating catastrophic climate change is through biochar – biomass “cooked” by pyrolysis.
It produces gas for energy generation, and charcoal – a stable form of carbon.
The charcoal is then buried in the ground, making the process “carbon negative”. BBC Source
James Lovelock is one of the leading figures in the global environmental movement and is famed for his Gaia Hypothesis. He is also hated by some for supporting nuclear energy as a measure mitigating climate change.
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I’m curious to know which African governments are attempting to get biochar accepted as a climate change mitigation and adaptation technology for the post-2012. According to Professor Pete Smith, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guru, agriculture, let alone soils, is yet to get on track the Copenhagen negotiation process.