Soils

Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life. Earth's body of soil, called the pedosphere, has four important functions: as a medium for plant growth as a means of water storage, supply and purification as a modifier of Earth's atmosphere as a habitat for organismsAll of these functions, in their turn, modify the soil and its properties. Soil is also commonly referred to as earth or dirt; some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the former term specifically to displaced soil. The pedosphere interfaces with the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the …

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ICC: International Chamber of Commerce · 11 November 2024

This report, commissioned by the International Chamber of Commerce, analyzes the economic impacts of climate-related extreme weather events, focusing on physical asset destruction and human capital loss from 2014 to …

nutrient immobilisation and salt accumulation, making soils infertile. 61 3.29 In conclusion, agriculture


World Bank Group · 7 November 2024 English

Moldova’s climate and development challenges are inextricably linked. Weak and volatile growth, highlevels of poverty, near total energy import dependence, and a strong reliance on drought-prone agricultureare all symptoms of …

in a dry/hot future. However, Moldova’s fertile soils face anthropogenic threats, including land fragmentation;



World Bank Group · 7 November 2024 English

This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) explores Armenia’s intertwined climate and development challenges, presenting a comprehensive roadmap toward a cleaner environment, healthier communities, and a resilient economy. It highlights …

with around half coming from dust (including from soils), in line with other countries in the immediate


World Bank Group · 6 November 2024 English

topography and due to the variety of climates and soils the state is endowed with extremely rich ecosystems


OEKO: Öko-Institut e.V. · 6 November 2024 English

Options for addressing the risk of non-permanence for land-based mitigation in carbon crediting programmes Options for addressing the risk of non-permanence for land-based mitigation in carbon crediting programmes Food and …

carbon stored in reservoirs, such as trees and soils, will be rereleased into the atmosphere (for example atmosphere and store the carbon in trees, vegetation and soils. A reversal will occur, however, if at any point maintained over time on land (e.g. in vegetation and soils) within the project area. With the project (enabled fertilization) biospheric carbon reservoirs (forests, soils, grasslands, peatland, etc.) Wood products or other that enhance and preserve carbon stocks in trees, soils and other land-based reservoirs. Many of these kinds


World Bank Group · 5 November 2024

Climate action offers an opportunity to safeguard development gains and accompany the ambitious transformation Senegal is embarking on to achieve its objective of reaching middle income status in the next …

also reduce the amount of pollution flowing into soils and the marine environment, improving health and


World Bank Group · 5 November 2024 English

The impacts of climate change are already evident in Senegal (box 1.1 ) and are projected to worsen in the future with increased temperatures, greater variability, and extreme events, as …

also reduce the amount of pollution flowing into soils and the marine environment, improving health and


ZWE: Zero Waste Europe · 4 November 2024 English

The report builds on public information and national data from the 27 Member States + UK and Norway1 for bio-waste generation, adopting a few assumptions on how to calculate the …

of bio-waste; in summary, they are: 3.1 Europe’s soils are losing organic matter at an unsustainable rate of carbon in soils connected to use of soil improvers. At the EU level, the report ‘Soils and climate drawn attention to the key role of carbon pools in soils in the global carbon balance, and the potential


NIESR: National Institute of Economic and Social Research · 4 November 2024 English

A quarterly forecast on the UK economic outlook from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. The document examines the wider macro-economic context, as well as the implications on …

deteriorating since 2007, exacerbating impacts on its soils, pollinators, air and environmental pollution, water


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