Event:16 September | Carbon Removal Policy Summit

Carbon Removal

Policy Summit

Embedding carbon removal in Europe’s evolving climate and industrial policy landscape

16 September | 9h-19h | Brussels

How do we make sense of carbon removal in a world that doesn’t give us clean choices? How do we square the current progress made with the policy landscape of the decade? What tools do we have at our disposal to ensure that CDR fits into this evolving policy space?

On 16 September, in Brussels, we will host our Carbon Removal Policy Summit, a seminal event that addresses these central questions. As we dive into the different policy levers needed to get CDR to scale, we are bringing leaders from across international, EU, national and local governments to explore how to build a distinct, durable CDR pillar within Europe’s climate architecture.

We invite you to join us as we set forward a roadmap for Europe’s role in scaling high-quality removals by 2040 and beyond.

Programme

Join us to examine what policy levers will be key to scaling carbon removal at the international, EU, national, and local level. Conversations will also cover key enabling pathways for scaling carbon removal, in collaboration with our partners, with three breakout rooms:

See programme as pdf

Time

Session

08:30 - 09:00

Registration and welcome

09:00 - 10:15

Opening plenary: Framing the system challenge

  • Welcoming remarks

  • Vision-setting keynote

  • EU Commission DG Clima: State of play across the CRCF

  • Carbon Gap: Policy Tools session

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 - 12:30

CDR policies and implementation across levels of governance

  • International level (10:30 - 11:30): The role of carbon removals in Article 6”

  • European level (11:30 - 12:30): Carbon removal integration into the EU’s post-2030 climate and competitiveness framework

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 - 15:30

CDR policies and implementation across levels of governance

  • National level (13:30 - 14:30): Building on pioneering experience – national levers to scale carbon removal.

  • Local level (14:30 - 15:30): Catalysing carbon removal for sustainable, resilient, and inclusive cities.

13:30 - 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 – 17:15

Public–private purchasing & market creation

Designing demand-side instruments (Buyer’s Club, CRCF Facility); governance, eligibility, integrity, and interaction with other national and European measures.

Sector integration

CDR in industrial transition pathways: Integrating CDR into hard-to-abate sectors: residual emissions in sectoral pathways, CDR alongside other decarbonisation options, and investment and infrastructure implications.

Project deployment and infrastructure integration

Enabling conditions for deployment: permitting and siting, integration with CO₂ transport, storage and energy infrastructure, and cross-border coordination and value chains.

17:15 – 17:30

Coffee break

17:30 – 18:00

Closing plenary: Integrating insights and forward-looking takeaways

17:30 – 18:00

Networking session

Our partners