Carbon removal certification - public hearing - 17/01/2023
09:30 | Opening session
Welcome address
- Mr Stoyan Tchoukanov, rapporteur for the EESC opinion on Carbon Removal Certification and Study Group President of the EESC opinion on Restoring Sustainable Carbon Cycles
- Mr Andrés Barcelo, rapporteur of the EESC opinion on the Role of carbon removal technologies in decarbonising the European industry
09:35 | Keynote speeches
Moderated by Mr Laurentiu Plosceanu, President of Study Group for the EESC opinion on the Carbon Removal Certification
- Mr Christian Holzleitner, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG CLIMA C.3
- MEP Lídia Pereira, EP rapporteur of Union certification framework for carbon removals (video message)
Questions and answers via Sli.do
10:20 | Panel 1: Examples of Carbon Removal Certification – lessons learnt for the proposed Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF)
Moderated by Mr Laurentiu Plosceanu, President of Study Group for the EESC opinion on the Carbon Removal Certification
- Jean Sevestre-Giraud, Head of the Climate Policy Bureau - Mitigation, Ministry of Energy Transition, France - Label Bas Carbone, France-Carbon Farming Certification
- Dr. Malte Ehrich, Ministry for Climate Protection, Agriculture, Rural Areas and Environment Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, MoorFutures, Germany - Voluntary Peatlands Certification
- Marianne Tikkanen, Head of carbon removal supply, Puro Earth, Finland - Engineered carbon removal certification
- Christian Heller, Senior expert, Umweltbundesamt (Austria)
Questions and answers via Sli.do
11:30 | Coffee break
11:45 | Panel 2: Stakeholder views – What does an EU wide scheme needs in practice to make it transparent, reliable and effective against greenwashing?
Moderated by Monika SITÁROVÁ , co-rapporteur of the EESC opinion on the Role of carbon removal technologies in decarbonising the European industry
Speakers
- Arnd Spahn, Agriculture Political Secretary, European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT)
- Irene de Tovar, Policy Advisor on Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change, COPA COGECA
- Anna Dubowik, Secretary General, Negative Emissions Platform (NEP),
- Shefali Sharma, Director, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy European Office (IATP)
- Mark Preston Aragonès, Policy Advisor, Bellona Europa
Questions and answers, followed by a discussion
12:50 | Conclusions
Conclusions by
- Mr Stoyan Tchoukanov, rapporteur for the EESC opinion on the Carbon Removal Certification