Advancing Carbon Farming in North Africa
16.12.2024
News
The second Farms4Climate roundtable between living labs (LLs) took place in November, with the visit of the southern Italy and Spanish LLs to the TomaTO-C LL in northern Italy. The exchange focused on innovative carbon farming practices, advanced Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) technologies for carbon removal, regenerative...
Farms4Climate partners SEKEM and Heliopolis University organised two workshops in the El Harra and El Wahat oases, aiming to help women take leadership roles in their communities. The event addressed their interests, aspirations, barriers, and needs to access potential markets and thus support the region's inclusive and sustainable growth.
Regenerative practices, climate resilience, and agritech innovation were the main axes of the exchange between SEKEM, Agreenment, and UNIBAS, who shared two days filled with visits to local farms and a circular economy company, a workshop on Carbon Farming, and discussions on integrating research to real-world applications.
Farms4Climate partners Elvira Marín Irigaray (Aland) and Teodoro Berloco (Agreenment) participated at the OpenLivingLab Days in Romania, where Living Lab representatives, innovators, policymakers, researchers, and community leaders explored the potential of Living Labs in leading impactful systemic changes through societal engagement.
Farms4Climate partner IFOAM hosted last month an online training session presented by Aina Calafat, which aimed to discuss the features and advantages of Community Based Organizations in the agricultural ecosystem.
Farms4Climate partner AIR Institute organized a special session on Blockchain for Climate Action at the last Salamanca Tech Summit's Blockchain Congress, discussing the enormous potential of blockchain and other related innovative technologies in carbon markets
The Regulation aims to promote the development of carbon removal technologies and sustainable carbon farming practices, and presents important changes compared to the original proposal from late 2022. Now, there is an ongoing debate on how to successfully implement it that includes experts from Farms4Climate partners.
Experts from Spain and Italy presented their insights and Farms4Climate project advancements at the first European Carbon Farming Summit and the leading MacFrut Fair 2024.
