J.B. Dollé (Institut de l'Elevage - idele) Cop 24 Katowice - Side event Climate Kic / I4CE - 6 décembre 2018

1. CATTLE CARBON CERTIFICATION
Jean Baptiste Dollé, Armelle Gac, Catherine Brocas, Josselin Andurand
Institut de l’Elevage – French Livestock Institute
SIDE EVENT Climate Kic – I4CE
Thursday 6 December

2.  LOW CARBON DAIRY FARM
 BEEF CARBON
A French initiative to reduce carbon intensity
in cattle production systems
Target : Reducing by 15 to 20 % the milk and beef carbon footprint

3. Involving farmers in a national carbon certification
Information
- Training
Farm
assessment
Carbon
mitigation
action plan
Monitoring
Carbon
certification
120 000 farmers
17 000 farmers
Monitoring
Carbon
certification
Cattle Carbon Certification
2 000 farmers in 2019

4. A whole farm assessment
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Barn & feeding
management
Manure storage
management
Crop
management
Carbon
sequestration
CO2
The scope of the protocol encompasses the animals, buildings, and land which
constitute the biophysical system of a farm.
CO2
Inputs
CH4 CH4CO2 CO2
N2O
CO2
N2O

5. A methodology to capture
all mitigations practices
Manure management
Time spent in shed vs pasture,
Biogas production
Crops management &
fertilization
Legume fodder crops,
Optimization of fertilizers uses
Fuel and electricity
No-till cultivation,
Power and equipment,
Working organization
Inputs
Pasture management,
Concentrates and fertilizers,
Legumes, Crops rotation
Herd management
Increasing productivity
Reducing number of
unproductive animals
Feed
Feed efficiency,
Forage quality and quantity
GHG emissions Carbon sequestration
Avoid bare soil
Cover crops
Agroforestry
Grassland management

6. From national to EU carbon certification projects
LIFE SUSTAINABLE CATTLE
• A common methodology for performing farm
sustainability assessment,
• A harmonized MRV framework and carbon
certification methodology,
• 19 collective carbon accounting projects,
• An inventory of financial tools,
• A multi stakeholders scheme.
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90
Submitted to LIFE funding

7. Conclusion
Cattle Carbon Certification
• A French accounting methodology
• Following the French Low Carbon Standard
• Linked to the national environmental assessment tool CAP’2ER
• To capture all farm mitigation practices (GHG emissions & carbon sequestration)
• An extension to a EU dimension – LIFE SUSTAINABLE CATTLE
 Toward the development of collective carbon certification projects