%0 Journal Article
%T A Plan to Extract Gigatons of Atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> through Agroforestry
%A Darrin F. Meyer
%J Atmospheric and Climate Sciences
%P 396-406
%@ 2160-0422
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/acs.2024.144024
%X The UN International Panel Environment Programme (&#8220;UNEP&#8221;), 2023 Emissions Gap Report urgently presses the global community to adopt a two-pronged approach to reduce atmospheric concentration of CO<sub>2</sub>&#8212;expedite efforts to reduce annual CO<sub>2</sub> emissions; and increase investment in large-scale carbon dioxide removal (&#8220;CDR&#8221;) projects. The Gap Report sets a 2050 target of six-gigatons annual land-based CDR. Our proposed agroforestry project will convert thirty-five-million acres of rangeland in the American Great Plains to silvopasture, combining growing trees and raising livestock. Employing agroforestry interests 61% of Great Plaints farmers/ranchers recently surveyed. The Project plans to annually collect + six-gigatons CO<sub>2</sub> equiv. of fallen leaves and store the stable carbon-rich biomass underground for centuries. The purpose of this paper is to describe the framework for formation of a global partnership at the local, regional, and international levels to coordinate public and private financing mechanisms, implement, and operate a large-scale CDR Project that will meaningfully impact the global effort to mitigate climate change.
%K Carbon Sequestration
%K Agroforestry
%K Silvopasture
%K Climate Solution
%K Carbon Dioxide Removal
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=136470