CDR2030: The Action Agenda for Growing Carbon Removal
A London Climate Action Week convening to mobilize companies, policymakers, investors, and civil society around concrete actions to scale high-integrity carbon dioxide removal by 2030. It is sponsored by CDR2030, a COP Global Climate Action Agenda multi-stakeholder initiative; plus carbon removal investment firm Counteract and CO2RE, the Oxford University-affiliated carbon removal research program.
The discussion will be framed around the four parts of the CDR2030 agenda: Demand Mobilization, Policy Activation Industrial Integration, and Finance. Participants will be invited to explore how they can contribute to collective actions to scale carbon removal in at least one of these areas.
Who should attend
This event is designed for organizations and individuals who want to help accelerate responsible carbon removal deployment this decade, including corporate climate leaders, potential CDR buyers, industrial companies, policymakers, public agencies, finance institutions, investors, civil society organizations, researchers, project developers, and implementation partners.
Programme
1:30 PM — Arrival and Networking
Registration, informal networking, and refreshments.
2:00 PM — Opening Plenary: The State of CDR, now to 2030.
A science-based assessment of CDR global capacity today and projected capacity scenarios for 2030, delivered by Dr. Steve Smith, Arnell Associate Professor of Greenhouse Gas Removal, Executive Director Oxford Net Zero and CO2RE, and co-author of the State of CDR Report.
2:30 PM — Panel: What Action Looks Like Now
A cross-sector conversation translating the current state of the carbon removal sector into practical action across the CDR2030 agenda.
3:30 PM — Break
3:45 PM — CDR2030 Breakout Discussions
Participants will join focused breakout groups on Demand Mobilization, Policy Activation, Industrial Integration and Finance to explore potential actions, partnerships, and implementation pathways that could be developed in the lead-up to COP31.
4:45 PM — Closing Reflections and Next Steps
5:00 PM — Informal Networking
Join us to learn how to participate in CDR2030 and help shape the actions needed to accelerate high-integrity carbon removal by 2030.
About CDR2030
CDR2030 was launched out of COP30 in Belém as a Plan to Accelerate Solutions within the COP Action Agenda, marking the first time carbon dioxide removal has been included in the Action Agenda.
Convened by The Group of Negative Emitters (GONE), WBCSD, Bellona, and the Climate High-Level Champions, CDR2030 is designed to accelerate carbon removal this decade by building the demand, policy, finance, and industrial conditions needed for responsible scale-up.