Farming for Climate: Creating Natural Carbon Sinks Across Europe
Across Europe, agricultural landscapes hold enormous potential to store carbon. Peatlands, grasslands, humus-rich soils and agroforestry systems can act as powerful natural carbon sinks, yet this potential often remains underused. Within the project Landcare Europe, partners from Germany, Lithuania, Romania, Croatia and Czechia organised six workshops and field visits to exchange knowledge on climate-friendly farming practices and policies that strengthen these natural carbon sinks. Farmers, experts and policymakers came together to discuss practical approaches and share experiences from the field.
The following six videos, produced as part of these workshops, highlight concrete examples from across Europe where agriculture and climate action go hand in hand. Each video presents insights from one workshop and showcases practical solutions from the field:
- Video 1 – Overview: Creating Natural Carbon Sinks with Farmers: Transforming European agricultural landscapes and presenting examples from across the project regions (Watch here)
- Video 2 – Lithuania: Adaptive rotational grazing throughout the year at the Smėlynė farm (Watch here)
- Video 3 – Romania: Water retention and carbon storage in agriculture in the Csík Basin of the Transylvanian mountains (Watch here)
- Video 4 – Czechia: Farmers’ stories on how to farm productively while protecting agricultural landscapes (Watch here)
- Video 5 – Croatia: The GAJNA collective approach demonstrating how cooperation in agriculture can mitigate climate change (Watch here)
- Video 6 – Germany: Peatland climate farming with Sebastian Petri in Brandenburg (Watch here)
Together, the series provides inspiration and practical insights for farmers, land managers and policymakers seeking pathways towards climate-friendly land use and stronger carbon sequestration in agricultural landscapes across Europe.