Watch the video of the event here on the "4 per 1000" YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/KsGV_bJgXXk

ACCELERATING CARBON FARMING
How to make Carbon Farming a Success for Climate, Environment and Farmers ?

Programme

Welcome and Introductory Remarks (10 min)

SpeakerOrganizationPosition
Mr. Pascal Canfin

Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

(ENVI Committee)

Highlights | Home | ENVI | Committees | European Parliament (europa.eu)

Mr. Norbert Lins

Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 

(AGRI Committee)

Highlights | Home | AGRI | Committees | European Parliament (europa.eu)

Key Note Speech: Presentation of the "4 per 1000" Initiative (5 min)

Key Note SpeakerOrganizationPosition
Mr. Stéphane Le Foll

President of the "4 per 1000" Initiative

Former Ministry of Agriculture, France (2012-2017)

Welcome to the"4 per 1000" Initiative | 4p1000

Panel Discussion (30 min)

The Panel Discussion will be moderated by Mr. Pascal Canfin

Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI Committee) at the European Parliament

SpeakerOrganizationPosition
Mr. Christian Holzleitner

Head of the Unit Land Use & Finance for Innovation (DG CLIMA.C.3) at 

DG CLIMA (Directorate General Climate Action)

Climate Action | Climate Action (europa.eu)

Ms. Claire Chenu

Director of Research

Coordinator of EJP Soil  "European Joint Programming Co-fund on Agricultural Soil Management"

Member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of the "4 per 1000" Initiative

Homepage | INRAE INSTIT

EJP SOIL - Towards climate-smart sustainable management of agricultural soils

Ms. Anne Trombini

Ms. Léa Lugassy

Director

Scientific Coordinator

Pour une Agriculture du Vivant - Pour une Agriculture du Vivant

Ms. Margaret Kim


CEO

The Gold Standard

Examples of solution providers with two companies (10 min)

Speaker


OrganizationPosition
Mr. Georg Goeres

Head of Europe

Increase crop yields | Sustainable farming | Indigo Europe (indigoag.eu)

Mr. Quentin Sannié

Founder & CEO

Greenback

Q&A (30 min)

Conclusive Remarks (5 min)

SpeakerOrganizationPosition
Mr. Pascal Canfin

Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

(ENVI Committee)

Highlights | Home | ENVI | Committees | European Parliament (europa.eu)

Mr. Norbert Lins

Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

(AGRI Committee)

Highlights | Home | AGRI | Committees | European Parliament (europa.eu)

Framing the discussion


Background

The Green Deal has been marked as the new economic strategy of the Union. It is changing our overall legislative framework to allow the deployment of technologies and unlock the investment that will make possible carbon neutrality, and a new model of prosperity. Agriculture and farmers have an essential role to play since this is the one of the few sectors that has the ability to shift from a net emitter of CO2 to a net sequestered of CO2.

As part of the European Green deal, a series of initiatives can become true game changer: the reform of LULUCF regulation, the Carbon Farming initiative and the regulatory framework for certifying carbon removal.

If we design the framework right, carbon farming can create a new profitable business model and support the transition. The European Green deal offers an opportunity to build a transition profitable for all: farmers would be able to get money for their contribution to climate mitigation, and also additional support to enhance their capacity to stock carbon in farmland, which is ultimately needed if we are serious about being carbon neutral by 2050. This is how we will bring everybody on board with the transition.

Objective of the webinar

During this panel, each speaker will be asked to discuss the following questions:

  • How to ensure than carbon farming actually delivers the expected outcome in terms of climate mitigation and biodiversity protection on one side, and on farmers’ additional revenues on the other side?
  • How the carbon market, and at which price, can incentivize properly farmers?
  • How to ensure permanence of action in order to secure lasting climate action?
  • Who would be liable for the proper management and maintenance of agricultural practices benefiting the climate? etc.

PRESENTATIONS

4 PER 1000

INRAE


PADV Pour une Agriculture Du Vivant

GREENBACK


INDIGO AG