ADRI EREBARA1*, ALBERT KOPALI1, ADRIAN DOKO1
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1 Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Agricultural University of Tirana, Street “Pajsi Vodica”, 1029 Tirana, Albania * Corresponding author: E-mail: aerebara@ubt.edu.al Abstract Climate change is a major concern all over the world today. The current climate changes is not due to natural factors but to human activities, mainly through the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere such as CO2, CH4, NOx, HFC, PFC, SF6, which are significantly increasing their concentration in the atmosphere and consequently changing the climate. These gases, where the main role is played by CO2, have intensified the activity of the greenhouse effect by keeping more heat inside the Earth’s atmosphere and consequently changing the climate systems. All sectors of human economic activity influence negatively in the climate changes, where agriculture occupies an important place (with about 24%). The negative effects of climate change are very large. For this reason, the international scientific community is concerned and demands that all countries of the world act to solve this problem through mitigating and adaptive strategies to slow down climate change and its negative effects. The solution to the problem of climate change is to deposit the carbon that is used and circulated in ecological systems back into the soil, so that it is not released as a gas into the atmosphere. An important mitigation measure of greenhouse gas emissions is the practice of composting solid organic waste, especially those with agricultural origin. The use of compost in many types of soil increases their capacity to sequester organic C in soil. A great source of organic waste that can be used for this purpose in Albania is the olive pruning and post-processing waste. Keywords: climate change, greenhouse gases, mitigation, compost, organic C |