Global Soil Organic Carbon displaced due to erosion

Soil erosion significantly affects soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics, impacting carbon neutrality and climate change mitigation. Global SOC loss from erosion is estimated at approximately 0.97 Pg C/year. Projections for 2070 suggest this could increase to 1.18 Pg C/year under the RCP2.6 scenario and 1.31 Pg C/year under the RCP8.5 scenario. This dataset combines current and future global soil erosion maps (GloSEM 1.3, Borrelli et al., 2022), containing inter-rill and rill processes, with SoilGrids 250 m data (Hengl et al., 2017) on a SOC content (in ‰ (g kg−1)) map.

Council adopts new rules for healthier and more resilient European soils

The Council formally adopted the soil monitoring and resilience directive – the first-ever EU-wide framework for assessing and monitoring soils. It aims to achieve healthy soils across Europe by 2050. This directive is a major step towards more resilient soils, improved food security and cleaner water and environment. The European Parliament is expected to hold its final vote in the coming weeks. Member states will have three years after entry into force to transpose the new rules into national law.

Post-event report – 2nd Carbon Farming Summit – March 2025

Five plenary and more than 40 parallel sessions were the backbone of the 2nd European Carbon Farming Summit (Dublin, March 2025), which counted with the participation of more than 500 people on site and 100 contributing organisations. The event sparked many insightful presentations and rich discussions on the present and future of carbon farming in Europe. This included a series of recommendations on how to move forward, targeted to policymakers, researchers, private companies, landowners, and other actors. Project CREDIBLE has provided an overview of the sessions and the recommendations.