International Enviro Trust Backs AUS Soil Carbon System<br/>
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The deal between the Grantham Trusts Neglected Climate Opportunities program and the innovative Australian company will be worth AU$2.5 million when fully exercised as part of an initial seeding round of investment.The announcement will be made by Matthew Warnken Managing Director of AgriProve, at the 6th Australasian Emissions Reduction Summit 2019 in Melbourne 8&9 May. "Soil carbon is the largest terrestrial sink of greenhouse gas emissions with enormous potential for mitigating climate change", said Eric Smith, Investment Officer for the Grantham Environmental Trust. "We are investing to see how quickly AgriProve can scale the soil carbon solution in Australia as success here will help advance adoption throughout the rest of the world. The Neglected Climate Opportunities investment in AgriProve will help build Australia as a test case for the development of soil carbon farming at scale which can then be adopted internationally.See soil carbon video, HD B-roll video available, still images availableMatthew Warnken will speak during Plenary Seven Taking Climate Action Thursday 11.35 am at the 6th Australasian Emissions Reduction Summit 2019, Future Proofing the Australian Economy, 8&9 May, MCG Melbourne Australia. Using the Soilkee System results in reduced inputs of greenhouse gas emitting nitrogenous fertiliser (nitrous oxide has a very high global warming potential).Corporate Carbon Advisory, led by Managing Director Matthew Warnken, is Australias largest multi-sector carbon contractor with over 40 million tonnes of abatement contracted under the AU$2.55 billion Emissions Reduction Fund.