The WRAP 2.0 workshop focused on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation options under Climate and Land Use Change in West Africa: A concerted Regional Modelling and Observation Assessment.
The CONCERT project(part of UNU-INRA WASCAL project), seeks to tackle this through, (a) the extension of WASCAL’s current flux observation network, (b) estimation and projection of GHG emission budgets for the region, using a fully coupled regional climate-hydrology-dynamic vegetation model (Earth System Model, ESM), specifically adapted to the WASCAL region, and (c) identification of Land use (LU) options suitable for mitigating GHG emissions, increasing soil C stocks and improving food security for the West African Sudan savanna.
CONCERT also aims to identify opportunities for a win-win land-use mosaic, which aims to achieve a) food security through enhanced yields,
b) GHG emissions mitigation
c) growing soil C stocks
d) reduced land degradation
thus, e) climate change (CC) mitigation in the WASCAL region.
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