The GECO2.2 project funded by INTERREG Italy-Croatia Programme, builds on the results of the previous GECO2 initiative, which established the first experimental voluntary market for carbon credits from agriculture. The successful outcomes and challenges identified in the original project led the partners to design GECO2.2 to pursue and consolidate the work done, also in the light of the increasing
environmental emergencies and the new legislative scenario in Europe. The project promotes agricultural practices that increase carbon stocks in soil and biomass, make farms more resilient to floods and droughts, thereby reducing disaster risks, and enhance ecosystem services and biodiversity. Project outcomes include raising public awareness of climate change and local agricultural solutions, enabling businesses to offset their carbon footprint with regional credits, creating self-sustaining local solutions without relying on public funding, and developing a scalable and replicable market model for regional carbon markets across Europe.
