Intervention · Intervention

Biochar

Agricultural input that is a by-product of the pyrolysis of residual biomass, a stable carbonate derivative produced from plant and/or animal biomass for application in agriculture.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGIII Ch.7; AGROVOC: biochar (c_e25876d3)

Synonyms

none

Broader

Agricultural input

Narrower

none

Relations

part-of Soil amendment

Counts as adaptation

Intervention addresses a climate hazard, OR produces a qualifying outcome (adaptation-specific or hazard-conditioned), OR produces an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when done purely for productivity, market, or development with no hazard link and no hazard-referenced result.

Mitigation

Mitigation-conditional: Intervention reduces emissions of a source or gas, OR sequesters carbon, OR produces a mitigation outcome; NOT mitigation when done for productivity, market, or development reasons only, with no emissions link and no emissions-referenced result.

Provenance

Restructure (v5)

Identifier

INT_323 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/INT_323
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/INT_323)