D3. Scaling Credible Carbon Farming | ECFS26

This session from the 3rd European Carbon Farming Summit (ECFS26), held in Padova, Italy from 17–19 March 2026, brings together project developers, auditors, supply chain experts and researchers to explore how regenerative agriculture and carbon farming projects can unlock more diverse and scalable financing. As carbon markets and standards evolve, the session examines how robust methodologies, transparent value chains and blended finance models can support credible carbon farming initiatives. 🔹 Session focus The discussion explores how carbon farming projects can attract both public and private investment, while ensuring environmental integrity, transparency and alignment with emerging international standards. 🔹 Key themes Evolution of standards and frameworks (GHG Protocol, SBTi, Verra, CAR) Quantification of emissions reductions and removals at farm level Transparency in payments to farmers and value distribution Blended finance models combining public funding, insetting and offset markets Co-claiming approaches and avoiding double counting Supply chain challenges, including vertical integration and coordination across actors Advances in MRV to support credible and scalable carbon farming Moderator: Tatiana Boussange Panelists: Thomas Blackburn (SustainCert) Paul Martin (ReGeneration) Lisette Phelan Andrew Voysey The session brings together practical project experience, verification perspectives and supply chain insights to highlight emerging best practices and remaining challenges in scaling high-integrity carbon farming across Europe. The 3rd European Carbon Farming Summit brought together farmers, policymakers, researchers and businesses to advance credible, scalable and impactful carbon farming across Europe. 🔗 Learn more: https://www.carbonfarmingsummit.eu