A Mutirão for Carbon Removals: Mobilizing for Massive Change by 2030
This all morning event spotlights a first-of-its-kind COP action agenda initiative to accelerate carbon removal deployment by 2030—uniting governments, industries, and innovators in a shared mutirão for climate action. Through keynotes and panels, it explores cutting-edge pathways for scaling CDR across policy, markets, and industrial systems, revealing how near-term action can set the stage for durable, gigaton-scale impact by mid-century. Join leaders shaping the future of carbon removal from strategy to implementation.
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Welcome and Table Setting
9:00 am - Opening Remarks, Chris Neidl, Carbon Removal Lead, Climate High-Level Champions
9:05 - From Aspiration to Acceleration: The Global State of Carbon Removal, - Nico Fairbairn, Head of Partnerships, State of Carbon Dioxide Removal
9:15 - Introducing the Carbon Removals Mutirão: A Collective Framework for Ambition and Near-Term Delivery - Chris Neidl, Carbon Removal Lead, Climate High-Level Champions.
9:30 - 10:15
Panel 1: Built In: How Existing Industries Can Deliver Carbon Removal at Scale
What if the scale of global industry became the engine of carbon removal itself? This emerging shift—embedding CDR within the very systems that build and feed the world—marks a fundamental change in how we think about climate solutions. From concrete and mining to agricultural commodities like coffee, pioneers are beginning to integrate carbon removal directly into materials, manufacturing processes, and supply chains. This panel examines how these early movers are redefining what industrial climate leadership looks like, and how collaboration and policy can accelerate this transformation from emitter to remover.
Panelists
Liam Candy — Vice President of Carbon Solutions, Anglo American
Olivier Reinaud. Co-founder & Managing Director, Net Zero
Tom Rollason, Policy & Partnerships Lead, Mission Zero Technologies
Cara Maesano, CDR Industry Integration Scientific Advisor and Consultant
10:15 - 11:00
Panel 2: Carbon Removal for Corporate Net Zero and Beyond: An Action Guide for Companies
Achieving the 2030 carbon removal implementation target and reaching future gigatonne scale depends on sustained and growing demand—across both compliance and voluntary markets. Today, corporate net-zero commitments, today represent the strongest vehicle for driving early investment, shaping integrity standards, and signaling where durable removal capacity must grow. This session explores how leading companies are integrating carbon removal as a core element of credible net-zero strategy, linking reduction and removal in practice. Drawing on the newly released Removals Action Guide and insights from corporate pioneers, the discussion will highlight how business leadership today can accelerate market formation and scale high-quality removals by 2030.
Panelists:
Johan Falk - CEO & Co-founder, Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Juliana Moura Bueno - Public Affairs, Brazil, Google
11:00 - 11:55
Panel 3: Prototypes for a 2030 Paradigm Shift - Exploring big ideas poised to transform how carbon removal gets done.
Meeting the 2030 carbon removal implementation target will demand bold experimentation and rapid learning across finance, policy, and infrastructure. This interactive “show-and-tell” session brings together innovators piloting breakthrough models that could redefine how carbon removal scales—from integrating CDR into balance sheets and risk frameworks to embedding it in cities and national agricultural systems. Each speaker will present their emerging solution, followed by live exchange and critique among peers. This is mutirão in action: a collaborative forum to refine ideas, uncover synergies, and accelerate solutions already gaining real-world traction.
Christine Cadigan - Executive Vice President for Carbon Origination, American Forest Foundation - Big Idea: Creating Durability Equity across all Credit Types through the Permanence Trust
Christiaan Gevers Deynoot — Founder & Executive Director, City CDR Initiative — Big Idea: Harnessing City Infrastructure to Deploy Diverse Carbon Removal
Asitava Sen — Co-Founder & CEO, Carbon Removal India Alliance (CRIA) — Big Idea: Embedding Carbon Removal into India’s Agri-Support Systems.
David Ungar — Managing Director, Carbon Finance Labs — Big Idea: Activating Consumer Markets as Engines for Durable Carbon Removal.