21 February 2022
09:30 | Opening session
Welcome and moderation by:
- Arnold Puech d'Alissac, rapporteur for the EESC opinion on Restoring Sustainable Carbon Cycles.
09.40 | Keynote speech
- Valeria Forlin, Policy Officer, Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (DG CLIMA.C.3), European Commission
Question and answers with Sli.do
10:10 | Panel 1: Deploying carbon farming and industrial based-solutions to achieve climate neutrality
Moderated by Stoyan Tchoukanov, President for the study group for the EESC opinion on Restoring Sustainable Carbon Cycles.
- Hugh McDonald, Fellow at the Ecologic Institute
- Wijnand Stoefs, Policy Officer at Carbon Market Watch
Questions and answers with Sli.do, followed by a discussion
10:45 | Panel 2: Options for certification of carbon removals
Moderated by Stoyan Tchoukanov
- Christian Heller, Technical Expert, Umweltbundesamt (Austria)
- Claudine Foucherot, Program Director, I4CE- Institute for Climate Economics
Questions and answers with Sli.do, followed by a discussion
11:25 | Panel 3: Views of stakeholders and civil society on the challenges and opportunities on achieving sustainable carbon cycles
Moderated by Veselin Mitov, EESC member
- Irene de Tovar, Policy Advisor Environmental Issues and Sustainability, Copa-Cogeca
- Arnd Spahn, Political Secretary Agriculture sector, European Federation of Food Agriculture and Tourism trade unions (EFFAT)
- Barbara Mariani, Policy Manager for Climate, European Environmental Bureau
- Kristell Guizouarn, Group Regulatory Affaires Director, Groupe Avril
- Baptiste Soenen, Arvalis, Institut du Végétal, France
Questions and answers with Sli.do, followed by a discussion
12:45 | Conclusions
- Arnold PUECH d'Alissac, rapporteur for the EESC opinion on Restoring Sustainable Carbon Cycles.