The developments around carbon farming represent major impact on the way farmers operate across Europe, and an opportunity to define a common EU standard for the transparent identification of activities that remove carbon from the atmosphere in a sustainable way.

The debate will be opened by Mr Simon Coveney, the Irish Minister for Agriculture and followed by a panel discussion fuelled by : – Our senior fellow, Lars Hoelgaard, former special Advisor to Climate Commissioner – Alain Brinion, Director General at Saipol Europe and PDG at Expur – Thomas Legge, Senior Associate at European Climate Foundation (tbc)