Schedule

Theme

Speakers

Ms. Ercilia Sahores, Vice-President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative, International Director at Regeneration International, Organic Consumers Association and Vía Organica, Mexico.

Inaugural session – Welcome address through speeches from Officials

• Ms. Annie Genevard, Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry of the French Republic [video]

• Mr. Aloïs Rainer, Federal Minister for Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity of Germany [video]

• Ms. Ana Rodríguez Castaño, Secretary General for Agricultural Resources and Food Safety, on behalf of Mr. Luis Planas de Puchades, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Kingdom of Spain  [video]

Inspirational presentation

Mr. Bruno dos Santos Alves Figueiredo Brasil, Director, Department of Sustainable Production and Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Brazil

High-Level segment

Introduction 

High-level speeches

Introduction by Ms. Ercilia Sahores, Vice-President, the international "4 per 1000" Initiative.

High-level speeches

1. Mr. Arwyn Jones, Responsible for the JRC (Joint Research Center)'s EU Soil Observatory, on behalf of the European Commission, based in Ispra, Italy
2. Mr. Osamu Kubota, Deputy Assistant Minister, Export, and International Affairs Bureau, Japan
3. Ms. Thorunn Wolfram Petursdottir, Secretary, GSP (Global Soil Partnership), at FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) based in Rome, Italy 
   
4. Mr. Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Director General, the Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, International Organization based in Rome, Italy [video]
5. Ms. Valérie Verdier, CEO, IRD (Institut de la Recherche et du Développement / French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development), France
6. Ms. Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin, CEO, Cirad (Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement / French International Agricultural Research Centre for International Development), France
7. Mr. Philippe Mauguin, CEO, INRAE (Institut National de la Recherche pour l'Agriculture et l'Environnement / French National Research Institute for Agriculture and Environment), France
8. Mr. André Leu, Founder, Regeneration International, Australia
9. Mr. Benedikt Bösel, Founder and CEO, Gut und Bösel (a farm and more) and Finck Foundation, Germany
10. Mr. Bertrand Gorge, Founder, Neayi-Triple Performance, France
11. Mr. Jean-Pierre Princen, CEO, Gaïago, France
12. Ms. Béatrice Marie-Le-Gall, Head of Sustainable Sourcing, Nestlé France
13. Ms. Lola Brena, Analyst, Living Soils Workshop (Atelier des Sols Vivants), Sparknews-A4MT, France.

Mr. Budiman Minasny, Professor in Soil-Landscape Modelling, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, the University of Sidney, Australia, vice-Chairs of the "4 per 1000" STC and of the Soil Carbon IRC: Soil Carbon Futures STC. 

The 10th anniversary of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative

The 1st Decade of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative (2015-2025):

Facts & Figures (Narrative, Graphs, Quotes) and presentation of the 10th Anniversary document by Mr. Paul Luu, Executive Secretary, the international "4 per 1000" Initiative

The 10th anniversary event in Paris, France, on 24 April 2025, during the ChangeNOW summit, by Ms. Beatrice Breton-Askar, Strategic Partnerships & Global Outreach Director, the "4 per 1000" Executive Secretariat

The next Decade of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative (2025-2035):

• Quotes and proposals from the 24 April event in Paris
• Results from the "4 per 1000" questionnaire 
• Live proposals from the audience.

The "4 per 1000" Regional Conferences in 2025

The UNFCCC COP in 2025 in Belém, Brazil (11-22 November 2025)

• The LAC Soil Carbon 2025 (the "4 per 1000" Latin American & Caribbean Regional Conference), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25 to 29 June 2025, by Ms. Beata Madari, Research and Development Scientist, Member of the "4 per 1000"-Soil Carbon IRC (Soil Carbon Futures) STC (Scientific & Technical Committee), EMBRAPA (EMpresa BRAsileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária / Brazilian Agricultural Research Organization), Brazil
• The SoilCarbon4Climate conference (the "4 per 1000" Temperate Climates conference), Berlin, Germany, 11 to 13 September 2025, by Ms. Claudia Schepp, Scientific Director, the "4 per 1000" Executive Secretariat
  
• UNFCCC COP Climate 30 (Belém, Brazil, 10 to 20 Nov. 2025) by Mr. Paul Luu, Executive Secretary, the international "4 per 1000" Initiative.

Ms. Beatrice Breton-Askar, Strategic Partnerships & Global Outreach Director, the "4 per 1000" Executive Secretariat.

Ms. Ercilia Sahores, Vice-President, the international "4 per 1000" Initiative.