Training and workshops: Workshop: Perspectives on Purchasing Programme for Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming Regulation – How to finance large-scale deployment of carbon farming?

On 20 May 2025, the Directorate-General for Climate Action of the European Commission is hosting an afternoon workshop on carbon farming financing models. To reach its climate neutrality target by 2050, the EU must drastically reduce emissions and scale up carbon removals.

As part of this strategy, the EU has developed the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming Regulation (CRCF) with the aim to create a trusted system for certifying high-quality carbon credits and to unlock new funding opportunities, especially through voluntary markets and public-private incentives.

Carbon farming, a key pillar of the CRCF, intends to generate qualitative certified removal credits and new income streams for farmers by increasing the amount of carbon stored in soils and vegetation through sustainable practices on the ground.

This interactive workshop aims to discuss how to finance the large-scale deployment of carbon farming in the EU. Through engaging presentations and discussions, participants will gain valuable insights on existing key national financing mechanisms, alongside innovative private initiatives (e.g., Livelihoods Funds) that could shape a future purchasing programme for carbon farming.

The sessions aim to answer the following key questions:

• What are the needs and motivations of buyers and investors, as well as the potential barriers and challenges to address?
• What are the key success factors that should be retained for the structuring of carbon farming financing?
• How to structure an effective purchasing programme and what is the role of public and private investors?

Who: Key participants will include potential buyers and funders of carbon farming, including forward-looking corporates and public institutions with net zero objectives, and public and private banks. They will be joined by selected stakeholders representing carbon farming service providers, civil society, and policy, as well as carbon farming experts.

When: Tuesday 20 May 2025, 13:00 - 17:00 (CEST)

Where: In person at the European Commission (Brussels) and online, Belgium

Languages: English