BREAKFAST SEMINAR: How To Save Our Soils While Mitigating Climate Change?

Time: 27.11.2018, 08:30

Location: European Parliament / ASP 5G-1, Rue Wiertz 60, 1047, Brussels

We invite you to the breakfast seminar in EU parliament on 27th November to discuss and learn about the importance of healthy soil in mitigating climate change, securing clean water and building resilience in food production. During the seminar, the ability of soils to store carbon will be explained with fresh examples from research and actual agricultural fields. The discussion aims at introducing ways to enhance the adaptation of scientifically proven soil health-building and carbon storing practices in the EU-level.

Speakers:
Anneli Jäätteenmäki, MEP, ALDE
Sirpa Pietikäinen, MEP, EPP
Josiane Masson, Policy Officer on soils, European Commission, DG Environment
Nicola Di Virgilio, Policy Analyst, European Commission, DG Agriculture and Rural Development
Jari Liski, Research Professor, Finnish meteorological institute
Laura Höijer, Content Director, Baltic Sea Action Group
Juuso Joona, Regenerative Farmer, Tyynelän tila