Climate-friendly soil management measures generate climate impact through both temporary carbon removals and emissions reductions, posing a challenge for defining key terms such as "carbon removals", "emissions reductions," "avoided emissions," and "negative emissions". This brief reviews scientific definitions of these key terms to create a mini-glossary and discuss key definitional issues in the soil carbon context. A key conclusion is that different policy contexts require definitions to be adapted.

Hugh McDonald presented preliminary findings from the final report "Funding climate friendly soil management: Appropriate policy instruments and limits of market-based approaches" to an audience of more than 100 staff from the German Environment Agency.

McDonald, Hugh et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Setting Baselines. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Siemons, Anne et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Social impacts. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Scheid, Aaron et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Impacts on biodiversity. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Niether, Wiebke et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Determining the soil organic carbon (SOC) content and changes over time. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Siemons, Anne et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Preventing double counting. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

McDonald, Hugh et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Ex ante vs. ex post crediting. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Niether, Wiebke et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Impacts on soil health. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Siemons, Anne et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Jurisdictional vs. project-based approaches. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Siemons, Anne et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Land use competition. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Siemons, Anne et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Carbon leakage. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Siemons, Anne et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Addressing non-permanence. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

McDonald, Hugh et al. 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Additionality. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.

Bodle, Ralph and Hugh McDonald 2022: Funding climate-friendly soil management – key issues. Ownership, tenure, and other land rights: The link to climate-friendly land use. Factsheet. German Environment Agency: Dessau-Roßlau.