Earth Observation for the Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of Carbon Farming

This document is part of the EU-funded project CREDIBLE, Grant Agreement 101112951, and captures the main outputs of the first round of conversations within the Focus Group on “Earth Observation for the Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of Carbon Removals”. The main goal is to generate recommendations or opinions that could be used in the development or deployment of relevant policies around carbon farming, and particularly in the definition of the Carbon Removal Certification Framework. These informed opinions have emerged through the active participation of experts, with details provided in Tables 1 and 2, in a number of activities, with the main ones listed in Table 3. In order to convey the recommendations to the broadest possible audience, the document includes the following sections: an introduction, which helps to clarify the problem and why addressing this topic was considered important by the CREDIBLE consortium; a short process report, which summarises the challenges, knowledge, and opportunities communicated by the Focus Group, highlighting the key points and tensions that emerged; and a summary of key takeaways. This document represents an overview of the ongoing discussions and will serve to inform the way forward for future interaction and exchange on the topic.