Carbon Removal Summit
Held in partnership with Breakthrough Energy and Carbon Gap on 8 June 2023, the first edition of the Carbon Removal Summit was held in Brussels.
We gathered the best of the best in the CDR space. We were able to educate EU policymakers about negative emissions technologies, technical and commercial challenges facing the business of carbon removals, and policy that can incentivise the development of CDR. This was also a unique opportunity to engage directly with with CDR technology developers, investors, buyers, academia and other members of the CDR ecosystem.
COP26 Event: On the road to net-zero, scaling the deployment of negative emissions technologies
Tuesday, 9 November 2021 - 15:00-16:30 - Business Hub (Blue Zone)
Interested in learning how negative emissions technologies are being scaled up in Europe and other parts of the world? Join our session featuring leading carbon removal buyers, suppliers, and thought leaders discussing what enabling framework is needed to take public and private procurement of high-quality permanent removals to climate-relevant scale.
COP26 Event: Between a voluntary and compliance market for carbon removals: the issue of 'corresponding adjustment' in light of the upcoming EU Carbon Removal Certification Mechanism
Monday, 8 November 2021 - 10:30-12:00- IETA Business Hub (Blue Zone)
The EU's certification framework could rely on the EU and national authorities as central buyers, but it could also include private companies wanting to meet their voluntary pledges. The event will discuss the ‘no double claiming’ principle and how to create an inclusive EU market with steady demand for high-quality carbon removal.
CEPS event: What policy framework to scale up negative emissions by 2030?
Tuesday, 29 June 2021 - 15:00-16:30
Climate neutrality will require negative emissions deployed urgently and at a substantial scale. Beyond mid-century, their volume needs to increasingly exceed the remaining emissions. Many different technologies exist at different levels of maturity. Negative emissions can be clustered in inherently durable and accountable solutions and in solutions that are reversible and less quantifiable which thus require continuous monitoring and maintenance of carbon sink. Both clusters are equally important as we need any contribution we can get. However, due to totally different nature of the sink character different policy frameworks are adequate and required.
Join us for the meeting organised by CEPS and supported by the Negative Emission Platform which will discuss how and when to scale up negative emission technologies, what policy options are required and what trade-offs will need to be addressed.
Towards an EU market for negative emissions
Tuesday, 25 May 2021 - 10:00-12:00
The Commission scenarios aligned with the 1.5°C target rely on a substantial volume of technological carbon removals deployed by mid-century. While the regulatory and financial framework for negative emission technologies is only emerging now at the EU level, some Member States - like Sweden - are taking early action to test innovative policy measures while planning to harness the growing interest of a number of corporations in carbon removal purchases.
Join us for a high-level discussion on how to shape the future market for negative emissions and hear the expert views from the IPCC and the European Commission, followed by presentations by the Swedish Minister for Environment and Climate and the CEO of Stockholm Exergi. We will delve deeper into the needs of the demand side of carbon removal with the interventions of the representatives of Microsoft, Ericsson and Axfood followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
Certification of carbon removals: the first step towards an EU market mechanism for negative emissions
27 April 2021 - 15:00 - 17:15 CET
The Commission scenarios show that the EU will have to rely on a substantial amount of carbon removals to reach climate neutrality by 2050 and achieve net-negative emissions thereafter. This is why the Commission is now designing an EU-wide carbon removal certification mechanism covering both nature-based and technological solutions. Removal of atmospheric or biogenic CO2 requires a GHG methodology and a regulatory framework that are formally separated from emissions reduction measures supporting capture, use and storage of point source CO2. This is an important first step towards providing adequate mandates and incentives for much-needed market take-up of carbon removal solutions.
Join us to hear from DG Climate and the Austrian Environmental Agency about the plans and progress of an EU certification mechanism, followed by views from developers of technological and hybrid carbon removal projects, as well as policy practitioners developing a carbon removal obligation concept.