19:30 Introduction - Webinar Chair: Felicity Crotty | Principal Consultant Agriculture and Land, Ricardo plc

19:35  Setting the scene and meeting net zero goals | Bridget Emmett, Principal Scientist, UK Centre For Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH)   

• What is carbon sequestration?
• Research summary – what we know, what we don’t, what is currently happening
• Managing expectation on how it can support meeting net zero goals (what is its potential in terms of contributing to climate change targets)?

19:45  How do we measure at scale - system, field and farm? | Gary Lanigan, Research Officer, Crops, Environment and Land-Use Programme, Teagasc  

• Reality and practicality
• Measurement across field and farm and time periods involved       

19.55  Understanding the Carbon Sequestration Marketplace | Anna Sellars, Senior Consultant, SRUC            

• Carbon Markets What are they and how do they affect sequestration and the farming community; Private financing and public markets

20:05 Advising farmers and managing expectations | Speaker TBC

• What is the current state of the art on the advice given to farmers and how will it be incorporated into environmental schemes

20:15  Discussion 

• Discussion and debate between speakers and audience

20:55  Closing Remarks