After the Trump administration canceled a climate initiative, a Pennsylvania farmer is battling extreme rain on her own.
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The funding disappeared. The flooding didn’t.
Abatify Summary
Nature & Climate Perspective
**Increased precipitation volatility and the withdrawal of climate-resilience funding directly threaten the permanence of soil-based carbon sequestration and local biodiversity. **
- Frequent extreme flooding events accelerate soil erosion and nutrient leaching, undermining the stability of the LULUCF (Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry) sector's carbon sinks.
- The loss of riparian buffer maintenance and cover crop funding reduces natural flood mitigation, leading to a degradation of local aquatic ecosystems and loss of native species habitat.
- Unmanaged runoff from agricultural lands increases sedimentation in downstream waterways, compromising long-term environmental stability and the ecological integrity of the watershed.
Market & Policy Outlook
**The removal of public financial support for agricultural adaptation creates a critical 'additionality' shift, potentially forcing farmers to rely on private voluntary carbon markets to bridge the funding gap. **
- The cessation of federal climate initiatives highlights the 'reversal risk' associated with policy shifts, a core concern for ICVCM Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) regarding long-term project viability.
- Corporate compliance with SBTi FLAG (Forest, Land, and Agriculture) guidance is jeopardized as supply chain physical risks increase due to a lack of systemic infrastructure for climate resilience.
- Financial liquidity for regenerative agriculture is restricted when public-private partnership models fail, leading to higher insurance premiums and lower credit ratings for climate-vulnerable agricultural assets.
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