Expected Outcome:
Activities under this topic will help to progress towards the objectives of the Mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe', in particular specific objective 2 "Conserve and increase soil organic carbon stocks". Activities will also support the proposed Carbon Removal Certification (CRC) Framework (including through collaboration with the Commission's Expert Group on Carbon Removals) [1], the Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Regulation [2], the Common Agricultural Policy, the EU Action Plan on the development of Organic Production, and the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 on Climate action.
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- The confidence of stakeholders (including land managers) in participating in possible carbon farming certification schemes and the attractiveness of the carbon farming [3] business model are enhanced through better access to information and data regarding soil carbon (achievable sequestration and storage, risks of release, etc.). This should allow to improve soil management performance and mitigate the negative climate impact of activities in EU Member States and Associated Countries.
- Reliable benchmarks or baselines for soil carbon at land management parcel level across the EU are established, with a view to providing financial rewards to those farmers and forest managers/owners who go beyond
