Last month, the European Carbon Farming Summit 2026 brought together leading experts, policymakers, and researchers in Padua to discuss the future of carbon farming in Europe. Among the key contributors was the MRV4SOC project, whose partners actively participated in multiple sessions, highlighting recent progress and scientific contributions.
On 16 March, CREA represented MRV4SOC during the first parallel session, addressing the alignment of the EU’s Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) with international monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems. The discussion emphasised the importance of harmonising European standards with global climate reporting mechanisms to ensure transparency, credibility, and scalability.
Later in the week, on 18 March, researchers from the University of Greifswald led an interactive workshop titled “How Smart Carbon Farming Can Build the Path for Agriculture in Wetlands”. The session explored the role of high-water-level agriculture in wetlands and peatlands as a cornerstone of Europe’s climate mitigation strategy. Participants examined approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing carbon removals, while also addressing policy integration within the EU framework and the economic feasibility of such practices.
In addition, MRV4SOC, together with the MARVIC project, presented new findings on soil carbon modelling performance. The session compared soil-centred, ecosystem-based, and parsimonious models, both with and without Earth observation data assimilation. Key topics included model parameterisation, validation against long-term experimental datasets, uncertainty analysis, and scalability across cropland and agroforestry systems. Case studies highlighted challenges such as error propagation, scale effects, and the need for harmonisation.
These contributions provided valuable scientific insights into how modelling approaches can underpin transparent, cost-effective, and robust MRV systems, supporting the broader implementation of carbon farming across Europe.