The European Commission is looking for farmers, foresters and other land managers to sit on an expert group on carbon removals.
The group, consisting of about 70 experts, will assist the Commission in the preparation of policy initiatives and legislative proposals on the voluntary certification of carbon removals, which will support the European Green Deal and the EU's commitment to becoming climate neutral by 2050.
The Commission has said the expert group is “an opportunity to be part of the work to scale up carbon farming and foster industrial capture and storage of atmospheric carbon through innovative solutions”.
Experts sitting on the group will provide technical expertise and advice on:
Carbon removals, including carbon farming, carbon storage products, different options for permanent storage, and certification methodologies.Innovative incentives and solutions to sequester carbon by farmers, foresters, and industries; or The development of certificates that will ensure the robustness, transparency, and quality of carbon removals. As well as farmers, the Commission is encouraging applications from individual experts with specialised knowledge in the field of certification of carbon removals, either in industrial and/or nature-based carbon removals, as well as in carbon accounting and certification methodologies.
It is also seeking applications from organisations, including industry, certification organisations, research organisations, and applied research institutes, NGOs and representatives of member states' competent authorities.
Next steps
The call for applications will remain open until 15 September 2022. The selection will be based on professional and technical capacity and the absence of conflict of interest. The results will be announced in October.
The selected experts will meet at least twice a year, either remotely or in person, and will start working in December 2022.
Anyone interested in one or more of the areas set out above is asked to register with the European Commission's expert database and, in parallel, to send their CV to CLIMA-CR-EXPERTGROUP@ec.europa.eu, with your EU expert ID number, indicating the type of expertise you are applying for.
The European Commission is looking for farmers, foresters and other land managers to sit on an expert group on carbon removals.
The group, consisting of about 70 experts, will assist the Commission in the preparation of policy initiatives and legislative proposals on the voluntary certification of carbon removals, which will support the European Green Deal and the EU's commitment to becoming climate neutral by 2050.
The Commission has said the expert group is “an opportunity to be part of the work to scale up carbon farming and foster industrial capture and storage of atmospheric carbon through innovative solutions”.
Experts sitting on the group will provide technical expertise and advice on:
Carbon removals, including carbon farming, carbon storage products, different options for permanent storage, and certification methodologies.Innovative incentives and solutions to sequester carbon by farmers, foresters, and industries; or The development of certificates that will ensure the robustness, transparency, and quality of carbon removals. As well as farmers, the Commission is encouraging applications from individual experts with specialised knowledge in the field of certification of carbon removals, either in industrial and/or nature-based carbon removals, as well as in carbon accounting and certification methodologies.
It is also seeking applications from organisations, including industry, certification organisations, research organisations, and applied research institutes, NGOs and representatives of member states' competent authorities.
Next steps
The call for applications will remain open until 15 September 2022. The selection will be based on professional and technical capacity and the absence of conflict of interest. The results will be announced in October.
The selected experts will meet at least twice a year, either remotely or in person, and will start working in December 2022.
Anyone interested in one or more of the areas set out above is asked to register with the European Commission's expert database and, in parallel, to send their CV to CLIMA-CR-EXPERTGROUP@ec.europa.eu, with your EU expert ID number, indicating the type of expertise you are applying for.
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