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    Carbon removal certification - public hearing - 17/01/2023

    09:30 | Opening session

    Welcome address

    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