CAFAMORE will be present in nine sessions at this year’s European Carbon Farming Summit

Just a few months after launching, CAFAMORE will already be featured in nine sessions at this year’s European Carbon Farming Summit, with more than 30 partners lined up to participate from 17 to 19 March in Padua, Italy. The event, already positioned as the main stage where discussions that shape the future of carbon farming take place, is organised by SAE Innova and Climate KIC, as part of the Project Credible consortium, and co-hosted by EIT Food (as LILAS4SOILS coordinator) with the support of Confagricoltura Veneto and Veneto Agricoltura.

Take note of all CAFAMORE sessions below and join us in exploring the best ways to support credible and robust carbon farming monitoring and certification in Europe. Our sessions will cover MRV systems, policies and supporting mechanisms, market trends, and the development of a carbon registry, among others. In chronological order, these sessions are:

List of CAFAMORE participants of this year Summit
Session C1: Integrating the CRCF into International MRV Systems and the Global Climate Action Agenda with Eric Ceschia
Session E2: From Pilots to Practice: Building a Fair, Farmer-Empowered Carbon Registry for Europe with Manos Lekakis, Rob Lokers, Edouard Lanckriet and Roxane Photinodellis
Plenary Session 2: Current carbon market trends and supporting mechanisms with Hugh McDonald
Session D4: Bridging Finance Streams for the Agricultural Transition: Co-Claiming of Carbon Benefits and Complementarity Between Carbon and Biodiversity Approaches in Agricultural Value Chains, with Edouard Lanckriet, Romane Jubera, Clothilde Tronquet and Aaron Scheid.
Session E5: Cost-effectiveness: harnessing state-of-the-art technology to scale viable Carbon Farming MRV, with Helaina Black
Session A8: Unlocking Synergies Among Agroforestry Actors Through Participatory Approaches with Gerry Lawson
Session E9: Innovations in Earth Observation (EO) for Carbon Farming MRV systems, with Marie-Christine Delucq
Session E11: Data Standardisation and Harmonisation towards Credible MRV systems with Fenny van Egmond
Session A9: Opportunities for Cooperation on Agroforestry Carbon Farming Between European Research Projects, and Extension to Projects Operating in Africa with Gerry Lawson
Poster Sessions

C1. Integrating the CRCF into International MRV Systems and the Global Climate Action Agenda (Tuesday 11:30-13:00, Galileo room)

This session examines how the CRCF can be aligned with international MRV systems and global climate reporting, exploring how CRCF data and methodologies could support national climate targets, NDCs, and broader public objectives such as soil health and farm income. Eric Ceschia (Cesbio) will present insights from his work at the International Research Consortium Soil Carbon Futures as well as projects CAFAMORE and MARVIC, discussing how the SOC monitoring methodologies for the CRCF could be aligned with other contexts of MRV (CAP, NDCs) and why it would be a benefit for those different contexts of MRV to do so.

Watch the livestream here.


E2. From Pilots to Practice: Building a Fair, Farmer-Empowered Carbon Registry for Europe (Tuesday 11:30-13:00, Antenore room)

This interactive workshop brings together insights from OGCR and CAFAMORE to explore how farmer-empowered MRV and registry design can enable CRCF-aligned, credible markets, focusing on usability and transparency. CAFAMORE partners Rob Lokers (Wageningen Research), Manos Lekakis (AgroApps), Edouard Lanckriet (Agrosolutions) and Roxane Photinodellis (Agrosolutions) will share real user needs, pain points, and success factors, from the farmer’s field to market-level transparency.


Plenary Session 2. Current carbon market trends and supporting mechanisms (Tuesday 14:30-16:00, Giotto room)

This multi-actor session explores current trends and potential solutions for directing resources towards carbon markets and corporate actions. CAFAMORE partner Hugh McDonald (Ecologic) will join Christian Holzleitner (DG Clima), Chris Adamo (Danone) and Gabriella Cevallos (Deloitte Sustainability France) in a panel moderated by Giulia Stellari (Fall Line Capital), following keynote presentations from Alessandra Zampieri (JRC) and Francesco Musardo (Radica, previously Alberami).

Watch the livestream here.


D4. Bridging Finance Streams for the Agricultural Transition: Co-Claiming of Carbon Benefits and Complementarity Between Carbon and Biodiversity Approaches in Agricultural Value Chains (Tuesday 16:15-17:45, Carraresi room)

This session addresses challenges related to co-claiming environmental benefits, preventing double counting, and integrating climate mitigation and biodiversity outcomes at farm level, including a conceptual overview, practical experiences from the field, and a roundtable with agricultural value chain and market actors. CAFAMORE partners Edouard Lanckriet (Agrosolutions), Romane Jubera (Agrosolutions), Clothilde Tronquet (14CE) and Aaron Scheid (Ecologic) will organise the session.

Watch the livestream here.


E5. Cost-effectiveness: harnessing state-of-the-art technology to scale viable Carbon Farming MRV (Wednesday 11:30-13:00, Mantegna 1 room)

This session explores how advanced technologies can support robust, scalable, and cost-effective MRV systems across Europe under the CRCF. In this context, CAFAMORE partner Helaina Black (Agricarbon UK) will present “Balancing Risk and Cost in Soil Carbon MRV for Commercial Carbon Farming”.

Watch the livestream here.


A8. Unlocking Synergies Among Agroforestry Actors Through Participatory Approaches (Wednesday 11:30-13:00, Palladio room)

This workshop focuses on strengthening collaboration among agroforestry stakeholders to enhance the role of agroforestry systems in carbon removals and carbon crediting. In this session, CAFAMORE partner Gerry Lawson (EURAF) will present “Is a quantitative definition of agroforestry possible in the CRCF?”.


E9. Innovations in Earth Observation (EO) for Carbon Farming MRV systems (Wednesday 16:15-17:45, Mantegna 1 room)

This panel explores how Earth Observation (EO) and in-situ data can support credible, scalable MRV systems for carbon farming and carbon removals under the CRCF. In this session, CAFAMORE partner Marie-Christine Delucq (Airbus Space Digital) will explore the development of a methodology for the automatic detection of hedges from satellite imagery, paving the way for their integration into operational tools for valuing hedges in agricultural carbon credits.

Watch the livestream here.


E11. Data Standardisation and Harmonisation towards Credible MRV systems (Thursday 9:00-10:30, Antenore room)

This session aims to present recent advancements and best practices of data standardisation and harmonisation for MRV systems, and the interaction between different actors involved, towards future improvements. Fenny van Egmond (Wageningen Research) will present insights from her work in several EU projects including CAFAMORE, together with experts from MRV4SOC, Credible, MARVIC and SoilWise projects.


A9. Opportunities for Cooperation on Agroforestry Carbon Farming Between European Research Projects, and Extension to Projects Operating in Africa (Thursday 9:00-10:30, Galileo room)

This session, organised by CAFAMORE partner Gerry Lawson EURAF, will feature representatives from several projects to facilitate knowledge exchange among European agroforestry research projects addressing MRV challenges for carbon farming certification, while also exploring opportunities for collaboration with EU-Africa research projects. Hugh McDonald (Ecologic Institute) will present the key agroforestry elements within CAFAMORE.

Watch the livestream here.


Find more details in the Summit’s programme here.