Ecosystem Marketplace: Betting on the Farm: Can Soil Carbon Cut Emissions and Improve the World’s Farmlands? Carbon dioxide emissions from farming and deforestation add up to more than 30% of the world’s total greenhouse gasses, but sustainable agriculture can slice that figure dramatically. Poor farmers, however, can’t make the transition without help. Carbon finance may provide a key to the solution. “It’s hard to imagine a more important conference on a more vital topic at a more crucial time,’ said Andrew Steer,…