Tomorrow’s harvest: Advancing climate-friendly farming

We are pleased to invite you to the AgriCaptureCO2 project’s final event which will take place on 9 November from 10:00 – 16:30 CET in person at Atelier 29, Rue Jacques de Lalaing 29, Brussels. 

Farmers are on the frontline in the battle against climate change, requiring them to adapt to fast-changing weather patterns, whilst contributing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The AgriCaptureCO2 project aims to help farmers adopt regenerative practices, which can help improve resilience, boost profit margins and support farms in becoming part of the solution to the climate crisis.  

During the project’s final event, you can expect to hear from a range of stakeholders including those involved in the project as well as external researchers, policymakers, and farmers. During the morning session, we will debate the difficulties and obstacles encountered by farmers, hear from researchers on the importance of tackling the climate and biodiversity crises in tandem, and debate climate policy in relation to EU agriculture.  

There will be a lunch break where you’ll have the opportunity to speak with panellists.  

In the afternoon, we will dig into how future EU and UK agricultural policies could be shaped to combat future and current challenges. The day’s event will end with a session in which panellists will discuss the role of technology in regenerative farming and agroecology, including remote sensing and modelling. 

Agenda

9:30am | Arrival and morning coffee

10am | Welcome by Faustine Bas-Defossez (EEB), followed by a presentation outlining the AgriCaptureCO2 project with project partners Igor Milosavljevic and Dragutin Protic (GILab)

10:20am | Session 1: The role of farming in addressing the twin climate and nature crises

Scientific keynotes: How can agriculture contribute to the transition to net-zero while restoring nature and producing healthy food for all?

• Professor Peter Smith (University of Aberdeen)
• Pierre-Marie Aubert (IDDRI)

Farmers’ panel: Difficulties and opportunities encountered by farmers in the transition to climate-friendly, regenerative farming practices

• Duncan Farrington (British farmer)
• Doris Letina (Slovenian farmer)

11:25am | Coffee break

Policy debate: How can EU and UK climate policy drive and support the farming sector to contribute to the net-zero transition?

• Samuel Féret (I4CE)
• Valeria Forlin (DG CLIMA)
• Celia Nyssens-James (EEB)
• Indra Thillainathan (UK Committee on Climate Change)

12:40pm | Lunch

2:00pm | Session 2: Mainstreaming regenerative farming in the EU and UK

Policy debate: How can EU and UK agricultural policies support farmers in the transition to climate-friendly farming?

• Dr Alastair Leake (GWCT)
• Melanie Muro (IEEP)
• Francesco Vanni (OECD) – tbc
• Casper Zulim de Swarte (OP2B)

3:00pm | Coffee break

3:20pm | Session 3: The role of technology in supporting regenerative farming

Panel discussion: What can technology do to support farmers in transitioning to regenerative practices and what are its limitations?

• Eric Ceschia (INRAE).
• Dr Dragutin Protic (GILab)
• Tamme van der Wal (Aerovision)
• Dr Ichsani Wheeler (EnviroMetrix)

4:20pm | Closing remarks

4:30pm | End