Given the growing importance of soil carbon sequestration to reach national climate targets and to comply with private sector decarbonisation strategies, transparent, harmonized and cost-effective Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) approaches are essential. This session will explore technical developments in earth observation and proximal sensing and reflect on the design of integrated MRV systems to meet data requirements for different end-uses, like farm management, national reporting and carbon crediting. It will further touch on soil organic carbon (SOC) monitoring in current soil surveys like the EU LUCAS database, or the German Agricultural Soil Inventory, as well as on data governance.
13:30 - 15:00, Plenary
Prof. Dr. Bruno Basso
Researcher, Michigan State University, USA
Mr. Julian Kremers
CTO, Seqana, Germany
Dr. Paulina Rajewicz (tbc., online)
Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland
Mr. Chris Tolles
CEO, Yard Stick PBC, USA
Dr. Marcus Schiedung
Researcher, Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Germany
Dr. Laura Sofie Harbo
Researcher, Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Germany
