Biochar's Role in Climate Mitigation

The biochar industry is at a pivotal point in its existence due to the role allocated to it in the 2018 IPCC climate change report  as a carbon sequestration strategy.  Biochar is a very stable form of carbon which makes it valuable for sequestration purposes.  However, a significant factor limiting biochar’s more widespread usage is its value proposition perception: cost of the product versus the benefit(s) it provides.  While the purely economic benefits are being developed with more and more end uses, there is a lack of clarity about biochar’s carbon sequestration capability to further bolster its larger (long-term global) value and policy change is needed.