From Plans to Plants: Combining Public Support and Private Capital for Large-Scale Carbon Dioxide Removal

​Taking place at the Think Negative Pavilion

​Large carbon removal plants need long-term, bankable revenue before they can reach a final investment decision (FID), and no single source of money can provide that on its own.

​Public budgets are limited, and corporate demand is growing but not yet long-term or broad enough to finance new plants on its own.

​This panel looks at how public support and private capital can work together to close that gap: what suppliers need, what governments offer, and what drives private buyers.

​Speakers

• ​Johan Börje, Business Development, Stockholm Exergi

• ​Lucia Causey-Hugecova, Climate Change Officer, DG CLIMA, European Commission

• ​Delia Meth-Cohn, Co-Founder, Rethinking Removals

• ​Moderator: Antti Vihavainen, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, Puro.earth

​What participants will take away

​Participants will hear:

• ​The financing challenges suppliers need to carry, and how to mitigate these.

• ​What the EU has put in place so far, including CRCF certification, the Buyers’ Club and the proposed ETS purchasing route, and what’s still missing.

• ​How net zero standards such as SBTi and ISO are shaping corporate demand, in Europe and beyond.

• ​Where public and private instruments should meet, so the next wave of plants can reach FID before corporate demand is fully bankable.