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TypeConference
TitleThe 1st Northern Europe "4 per 1000" Regional Meeting - More carbon in the soil for multiple benefits
Organizer(s)

This Northern Europe regional meeting is co-organized by the international "4 per 1000" Initiative and BSAG (Baltic Sea Action Group), and is sponsored by the Catch the carbon programme of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland, Carbon Action, and Strategic Research Council of the Academy of Finland. Other partners include the European Union, EIT Food, Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council (Uudenmaan Liitto) and the Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation.

Date

Time zone(GMT+02:00) Europe/Helsinki
Duration3 days
Deadlines

Registration: 10 April 2023

Submission of poster abstracts: 28 February 2023 (further instructions upon registration)

Cancellation: 5 May 2023

Cancellation due to illness: no deadline

Event locationHilton Helsinki Kalastajatorppa, Helsinki
CountryFinland
Description

Join your Northern European colleagues in Helsinki, Finland, in June 2023 to discuss soil carbon sequestration, gain new perspectives, become inspired, and build co-operation to scale up regenerative agriculture! The 1st ever Northern Europe "4 per 1000" Regional Meeting, co-organised by the Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG) and the "4 per 1000" Initiative, is open to researchers, farmers, NGOs, company representatives, and policymakers. The purpose of the three-day meeting is to spark co-operation and knowledge exchange that enables us to achieve our shared objective of increasing soil carbon sequestration in order to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss, safeguard food production, and protect waters.

Find more information and subscribe for updates regarding the conference on the BSAG website. The conference takes place at Hilton Helsinki Kalastajantorppa, just a short tram ride from the city centre. Expect local and regeneratively farmed food, and ample opportunities to enjoy fresh, early-summer Nordic greenery – and perhaps a dip swim in the Baltic Sea. The main financers of the meeting are the "Catch the Carbon" programme of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland and the "4 per 1000" Initiative. It is also sponsored by EIT Food and the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council.

The Regional Meeting is an offcial EU Green Week Partner Event.

Program

June 6 - Plenary

13:00 - 14:00: Registration Desk

14:00 - 14:15: Welcoming words

14:15 - 14:20: Video greeting from Commissioner

14:20 - 15:00: Opening speeches

15:20 - 15:25: Q&A session: EIT Food Regenerative Agriculture Revolution project – Challenges and success stories in development of regenerative agriculture in the Central and Eastern Europe

15:25 - 15:40: Inspirational speech: Carbon Action - showing that change is possible

15:40 - 16:20: Coffee

16:20 - 17:10 Panel discussion: Benefits, bottlenecks, and action

17:10 - 17:50: Farmer stories: Transitioning to regenerative farming

17:50 - 18:00: Trophic Verses – The soil of art

18:00 - 19:00: Posters & drinks

19:00 - 21:00: Dinner

June 7 - 4 parallel sessions

Plenary

08:30 - 09:00: Coffee

09:00 - 09:20: Plenary opening

09:20 - 09:30: Inspirational speech: Farmers as key players

09:30 - 09:40: Inspirational speech: The perspective of youth

14:30 - 15:30: Coffee & Posters

14:30 - 15:30: Concluding panel discussion 

15:30 - 16:45: Closing the plenary

Parallel 1: Healthy soils for climate, biodiversity, and water protection

10:00 - 10:30: Keynote: Jena experiment – The interactions between plant diversity and ecosystem processes 

10:30 - 11:00: Keynote: How biodiversity impacts the ability of fields to store carbon – results from the TWINWIN experiment

11:00 - 11:10: Comment: Farmer’s perspective: Holistic approach on farm level 

11:10 - 11:20: Comment: How to find win-win-win solutions by soil management? 

11:20 - 11:30 : Comment: EU Soil Observatory: Soil Health Knowledge to support the European Green Deal

11:30 - 13:00: Lunch & Networking

13:00 - 13:30: Keynote: Organic matter: a key component of soil health 

13:30 - 14:00: Keynote: Soil health, water management and carbon sequestration on farms

14:00 - 14:10: Comment: The importance of advisory work in promoting soil health

14:10 - 14:20: Comment: Carbon farming with multiple benefits – Svensk Kolinlagring’s four criterias for successful carbon sequestration

14:20 - 14:30: Comment: Measuring on farm outcomes of regenerative practices adoption 


Parallel 2: Soil carbon monitoring, reporting, verification – scientific basis for public and private incentives

10:00 - 10:30: Keynote: What could a soil carbon MRV framework look like

10:30 - 10:50: Keynote: Near-real-time GHG and soil carbon change predictions: A step towards NetZero

10:50 - 11:10: Keynote: Headline TBA 

11:10 - 11:30: Keynote: Key insights from a multi-stream multi-model carbon calculator system 

11:30 - 13:00: Lunch & Networking

13:00 - 13:15: Comment: How ICOS is responding to the needs of MRV systems

13:15 - 13:30: Comment: European Commission’s Carbon Removals Certification 

13:30 - 13:45: Comment: Carbon market company perspective 

13:45 - 14:00: Comment: Sensing technology company perspective

14:00 - 14:15: Comment: Farmer’s perspective 

14:15 - 14:30: Comment: MaRVic: Towards a framework for the design of context-specific MRV systems for carbon farming


Parallel 3: Parallel 3: Regional priority in Northern Europe: Agricultural organic soils

10:00 - 10:30: Keynote: Agriculturally used peatlands in Europe and their key role in EU Green Deal policies 

10:30 - 11:00: Keynote: The importance of agricultural peat soils from Finland’s perspective

11:00 - 11:10: Comment: European Green deal progress - Commission policy perspective

11:10 - 11:20: Comment: The complexity of agriculture organic soil management - LIFE OrgBalt project experience

11:20 - 11:30: Comment: Enhancing sustainable use of agricultural organic soils in Estonia

11:30 - 13:00: Lunch & networking 

13:00 - 13:30: Keynote: Paludiculture – plenty of water reducing CO2 emissions and sequestering carbon in soils and biomass in wet peatlands

13:30 - 14:00: Keynote: The importance of agricultural peat soils from Finland’s perspective

14:00 - 14:10: Comment: How to consider climate benefits of rewetting peatlands in carbon farming schemes?

14:10 - 14:20: Comment: Farmer's Perspectives of Rewetting in the Midlands of Ireland - The FarmPEAT Project's experience

14:20 - 14:30: Comment: Finland’s policy perspective  

14:30 - 15:30: Coffee & posters

June 8 - 2 excursions

08:00 - 17:00: Qvidja farm, Parainen, South-West Finland

09:00 - 14:00: Viikki experimental sites, Helsinki

Web pagehttps://eventee.co/de/e/1st-northern-european-4-per-1000-regional-meeting-more-carbon-in-the-soil-for-multiple-benefits-16448

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