The Italian National Research Council (CNR) coordinates EuroChar, a European project dedicated to the development of technologies for long-term carbon sequestration and large-scale removal of greenhouse gases (GHG) from the atmosphere. EuroChar investigates carbon sequestration potentials achieved by transforming plant biomass into charcoal (or Biochar) that can be added to agricultural soils. EuroChar is a part of the Seventh Framework Programme, it started in 2011 and it was to