Global Research Alliance
Modelling grassland ecosystems under climate change
An introduction to the Global Research Alliance
and the AgMIP program
Sydney (September 17, 2013, 12:00 - 14:00)
Side event of the 22nd International Grassland Congress
Context
Grassland ecosystems are exposed to climate change, contribute to global emissions of agricultural greenhouse gases (GHG) and have the potential to store carbon in soils. Grassland ecosystem modelling is required to assess climate change mitigation and adaptation options for grasslands and for livestock systems.
The global research alliance on agricultural greenhouse gases (GRA, see ) is an inter-governmental alliance that brings 38 countries together to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture sector, while avoiding negative impacts on food production. The international AgMIP program develops and evaluates agricultural models which are used for projections of climate change impacts and adaptation and for regional assessments.
An international network is currently being developed on grassland modelling, at the interface between the Soil C-N cycling group of the GRA and the Grasslands group of AgMIP.
Objectives and approach
A key objective is to improve the scientific ability to model grasslands and climate change. This is required by multiple stakeholders, including governments, and a range of applications are foreseen, such as: national GHG inventories, nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAS), national and local climate adaptation plans, industry and farmers needs for mitigation and adaptation in the livestock sector.
Protocols are being developed to support the benchmarking of an ensemble of grassland and rangeland models. These models will be tested with high quality site data from several world regions and their sensitivity to key climate change variables (CO2, temperature and precipitation) will be assessed.
Venue and contacts
Room: Bayside Room 101, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
Contacts: Prof. J-F Soussana (France) and Prof. Peter Grace (Australia)
Jean-francois.soussana@clermont.inra.fr; pr.grace@qut.edu.au
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