Barriers and incentives for sharing input-data needed in carbon farming and MRV systems in Europe

An EU-coherent Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) system needs the development of agreed rules for data sharing among public and private sectors, together with open access tools and procedures enabling for the standardisation and harmonisation of data. The following principles are recognised as essential to promote data sharing: collecting once and using for multiple purposes, respecting personal data privacy, defining and agreeing on the data re-use, giving a service back, and rewarding intellectual property rights.