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Plenary sessions
Opening by the Government of Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and the state of affairs in policy related to Carbon Farming (and beyond)
Objective: To highlight the current policy landscape for Carbon Farming in Europe and explore how evolving agricultural and climate frameworks – particularly the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming Certification Framework (CRCF) – can support an inclusive and credible transition toward regenerative land management.
Organisers: DG Clima, DG AGRI, JRC, Climate KIC
Panellists: Christian Holzleitner, Eric Soubeiran, Bill Callanan, Jocelyn Gainche, Daniel Zimmer (moderator)
Technological pathways and user engagement approaches to a European MRV system
Objective: To explore technical, financial, and practical challenges in building a robust and harmonised European MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification) system for Carbon Farming—while identifying solutions that reduce complexity, ensure credibility, and align with certification needs across ecosystems, scales, and stakeholder groups.
Organiser: Hannes Mollenhauer (UFZ)
Panellists: Tessa van der Voort, Greet Ruysschaert, Edouard Lanckriet, Ahmad Al Bitar, Liv Toonen, Véronique Chauvin, Roberta Mac Donald, Marco Alves
Paving the way towards climate positive agriculture: The role of innovating farmers
Objective: To spotlight pioneering farmers who are leading the transition toward climate-positive agriculture, unpack their motivations, challenges, and experiences, and explore how they can act as “lighthouses” to inspire broader systemic change.
Organiser: Tristano Bacchetti De Gregoris (SAE Innova)
Panellists: Sheila Darmos, Mateusz Ciasnocha, Iain Tolhurst, Rob Smith (moderator)
Policy areas relevant to Carbon Farming – Synergies and trade-offs
Objective: To examine the effect of the introduction of a new policy, the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming regulation, and its interactions with different policy areas that intersect with Carbon Farming in the EU, including climate, agricultural, and nature policy, as well as financing and business regulation. The session aimed to explore how the different policies and instruments can learn or borrow from each other to maximise synergies and avoid tensions, resulting in a coherent policy mix that is conducive for robust Carbon Farming at scale.
Organiser: Mathieu Mal (European Environmental Bureau)
Panellists: Lucia Perugini, Hugh McDonald, Andrew Voysey, Alan Matthews
The way ahead from a systemic transition approach with speakers from science, policy, farmers organisation and industry
Objective: To reflect on the key outcomes of the summit from multiple stakeholder perspectives – including policy, science, industry, and farming – and to identify strategic priorities for enabling a systemic transition to climate-positive agriculture across Europe.
Organisers: Climate KIC and BSAG
Panellists: Kirsten Dunlop, Saara Kankaanrinta, Gustavo Palerosi Carneiro, Bill Callanan, Thomas Duffy, Valeria Forlin, Saskia Keesstra
Parallel sessions
Low hanging (tree) fruit – Reaping forest-based carbon removal potential, identifying challenges and gaps to open doors to forest management solutions
Main organisers: I4CE, Climate KIC
Making Carbon Farming work for regions – Outlining adaptation needs and opportunities
Main organisers: Baltic Sea Action Group, BEC Bioeconomy Cluster
Learning from research and feedback from the field: How to put in place Carbon Farming on a farm? What levers and barriers?
Main organisers: Agrosolutions, Arvalis, Climate-KIC, IDELE, INRAE, Teagasc, Terre Inovia
The role of advisors in climate action in Europe
Main organisers: Teagasc, Consulai, Intiasa, ILVO
Carbon Farming challenges in Mediterranean agriculture: resilient project solutions and certification pathways
Main organisers: Agri Marketplace, BETA Technological Centre, CREA-AA, SLM Partners, Tetis Institute S.r.l., Università degli Studi di Genova
Farmers’ prospect: How does Carbon Farming affect crop production, and farm biodiversity and profitability?
Main organiser: CREAF
The future of regional small-scale Carbon Farming projects: Discuss bottom-up experiences and align farmer and market perspectives
Main organisers: Boerenbond, ZLTO, Bax Company
What is the farmer’s opinion on Carbon Farming?
Main organisers: Bioeconomy Cluster, Carbery farmers cooperative, CoopsAgroES, French Agricultural Chambers, ICOS
Bringing Carbon Farming from science to organic and regenerative farms: Challenges and solutions across research, markets, farmer-led models and policy
Main organisers: FiBL, Justus Liebig University Giessen, ReGeneration, National Association of Producers for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture, IFOAM Organics Europe
Exploring Carbon Farming approaches: Integrating circular solutions from biomass production & treatment to soil health and carbon sequestration
Main organisers: Agrimercarb, European Compost Network, Re-Cord, TGO AG, TierraSphere
Multi-stakeholder networks and participatory approaches for successful Carbon Farming and soil health monitoring – Opportunities and challenges
Main organisers: Commonland Foundation, EIT Food South, Wetlands International
Integrating MRV methodologies and incentives to reduce N₂O emissions in Carbon Farming
Main organisers: i-BEC, Proba
Relive the summit experience
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