Policymakers and investors have perceived securing soil organic carbon as too difficult, with uncertain returns. But new technical, policy and financial opportunities offer hope for rapid progress.
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Funding was provided by The Nature Conservancy, the Craig and Susan McCaw Foundation, and Cornell University’s David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (2016-TNC-Ryan-mrr232). We thank all participants in the dialogue for co-generating the agenda for action, and our reviewers for improving the manuscript.
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Vermeulen, S., Bossio, D., Lehmann, J. et al. A global agenda for collective action on soil carbon. Nat Sustain 2, 2–4 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0212-z
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