440 Christian Holzleitner - How EU regulation could unlock the soil carbon market for European farmers and investors

Five years ago, many people in the regenerative agriculture space thought that simply paying farmers for soil carbon storage would rewire the agricultural system in a heartbeat. It turned out to be considerably more difficult. The European soil carbon market has not scaled at the speed needed. The voluntary carbon market has not delivered the financing that was hoped for.Is regulation part of the answer? The solar market suggests yes.Christian Holzleitner is Head of Unit for Land Economy and Carbon Removals at DG CLIMA, European Commission, and one of the architects of the EU's Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming Regulation (CRCF). He is an economist by training who has spent his career designing market frameworks — including the EU's Innovation Fund and Modernization Fund — and is now applying the same logic to soil carbon.This episode is part of the podcast's carbon series, supported by the OGCR project.In this episode: — Why the CRCF is designed to solve a bureaucratic problem: farmers reporting the same data five times for five different schemes — How the solar feed-in tariff model could work for carbon farming — cover the funding gap until the market scales — What the EU ETS reform means for demand outside the agricultural value chain — Why a portfolio of small certified European projects is more attractive to institutional investors than a single large project in Africa — Why peatland rewetting in Finland is the landscape-scale intervention that excites Christian most — Why carbon is a means, not an objective — and what that means for how investors should think about this space — His magic wand answer: a single call for European carbon farming projects in the next EU multiannual budget.More about this episode. Thoughts? Ideas? Questions? Send us a message!Find out more about our Generation-Re investment syndicate: https://gen-re.land/ Thank you to our Field Builders Circle for supporting us. Learn more hereSupport the show=======In Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food podcast show we talk to the pioneers in the regenerative food and agriculture space to learn more on how to put our money to work to regenerate soil, people, local communities and ecosystems while making an appropriate and fair return. Hosted by Koen van Seijen.👩🏻‍💻 VISIT OUR WEBSITE 📚 JOIN OUR VIDEO COURSE 💪🏻 SUPPORT OUR WORKJoin GumroadShare itGive a 5-star ratingBuy us a coffee… or a meal! =======🎙 YouTube channel🔗 Linkedin📸 InstagramJoin our newsletter!=======The above references an opinion and is for information and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be investment advice. Seek a duly licensed financial advisor or investment professional before making any financial decisions.Feedback, ideas, suggestions? Get in touch!