Carbonchange Srl

Climate change represents one of the greatest challenges that humanity will have to face in the near future. Fighting rising temperatures, melting glaciers, pollution, the increased frequency of droughts and floods is now an imperative requirement even in agriculture and forestry. The new sustainability concept for the agricultural sector must deal with the increasing needs of global production and productivity, in order to ensure the future food security, through a continuous adaptation process to new agro-climatic conditions using innovative approach which also contribute to climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation efforts. The CARBONCHANGE method enables (given the scientific evidence available at this time) the quantification of the soil organic carbon storage resulting from improvement of agricultural activity or management technique that is connected to a new and clear-cut removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. This CO2 removal is assessed by comparison between the baseline scenario and the alternative one characterized by the most "sustainable" management. CO2 removal and GHG emissions reductions are assessed for each area affected by the accounting with the CARBONCHANGE method and are expressed in tons of equivalent CO2. The system is configured with a Software as a Service approach that is delivered through the operation of a "Carbon Calculator". The Software is based on the peer-reviewed model "ARMOSA", developed by the University of Milan researchers, calibrated and validated in different Italian and European realities.