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Carbon Farming Monitoring and Registry

Project description

Carbon farming monitoring, reporting and verification systems

The European Commission is launching the first EU-wide voluntary framework for certifying carbon removals and carbon farming (CRCF), highlighting the need for effective monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) systems and a detailed registry. The EU-funded CAFAMORE project responds to the demand for transparency and accuracy, aiming to set the standard for carbon farming and to establish an EU-wide parcel-level monitoring system, a spatially explicit registry and a robust marketplace. The project will map the carbon farming ecosystem and develop the digital infrastructure, tools and knowledge for accurate and cost-effective MRV. This will be tested and validated in seven pilot countries. Overall, CAFAMORE will support companies and Member States, enabling secure carbon farming certification, boosting trust in carbon markets and combating greenwashing.

Objective

"The European Commission is developing the first EU-wide voluntary framework for certifying carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products across Europe. By establishing EU quality criteria and laying down monitoring and reporting processes, the CRCF Regulation will facilitate the adoption of carbon farming solutions, while addressing greenwashing, and provides a ""result-based"" (quantified) remuneration system for farmers and foresters' climate performance. Key to the CRCF regulation are robust cost-effective Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems and a geographically explicit registry.
Therefore, the main goal of CAFAMORE is to develop an EU-wide parcel level monitoring approach for Carbon Farming, with harmonisation and automation of data collection, robust and cost-effective quantification of activities and baselines, a spatially explicit registry and a robust market place. This will be accompanied by an in-depth assessment of the carbon markets and business strategies for carbon farming. CAFAMORE will facilitate certification schemes by providing tools for the quantification and monitoring of Carbon Farming activities through providing operational processing chains that connect earth observation data, soil and management data and models, including changes in SOC stocks, woody biomass and soil N2O emissions. This parcel-level data collection infrastructure can also serve companies for their CSRD reporting and member states for their National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. The MRV approaches and tools will be tested with farmers and certification actors in seven pilot countries, covering the main climatic zones and the diversity in European agriculture. The digital infrastructure and MRV tools will reduce the administrative burden for land managers, provide transparency over collected data and certificates and trust to the Carbon Farming market, which should increase the attractiveness of carbon farming.
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-MISS-2024-SOIL-01

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STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH
Net EU contribution
€ 1 669 237,50
Address
DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4
6708 PB Wageningen
Netherlands
Region
Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe
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Total cost
€ 1 669 237,50

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