Conference Themes

Disciplines

Fundamental science and technology. Developments in understanding the fundamental processes of physics, chemistry and biology underpinning CDR strategies.
Policy, economics and upscaling. Analysis of emerging and potential policies to incentivise, regulate or accelerate innovation and upscaling of CDR and the costs and benefits of such interventions. The focus can be at international, regional or national levels, or can be at sub-national scales for cases of particular wider relevance.
Advances in Measurement, Reporting and Verification. New techniques and protocols for robust and transparent measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of CDR. The focus is on the use of novel techniques combining AI and EO with other conventional methods that can be on project-level MRV, or at the level of national or organisation-level inventories.
Lifecycle assessment, techno-economic assessment and system integration. Assessment of the performance of CDR strategies across the lifecycle and supply chains of technologies and projects. Insights into the interaction of CDR with energy, industrial and land systems, particularly within comprehensive climate change mitigation pathways, through integrated assessment modelling or other analytical techniques.
Climate system effects of net-negative emissions. Assessment of the physical climate system feedback and response to net-negative emissions, the climate implications of impermanent removals, and climate impacts (ir)reversibility.
CDR scenarios and temperature overshoot. Evaluation of the role and effectiveness of CDR approaches in net-zero and net-negative emissions scenarios, including levels of achievable CDR, residual emissions, and the implications for near-term decision-making.
Pathways for CDR uptake. Potential mechanisms for enabling CDR deployment beyond carbon market systems including potential co-benefits, additionalities, and spillovers from other sectors and technologies.
CDR interaction with broader mitigation strategies and adaptation. Analysis of synergies and trade-offs of negative emissions with levels of residual emissions, sectoral decarbonization, and adaptation strategies.
Justice, ethics, and social perceptions of CDR. Considerations of different dimensions of CDR justice (distributive, procedural, informational, recognitional, interactional, etc.), ethics, and understanding of public attitudes towards CDR.
Removal of non CO2 gases. Mechanisms for the removal of non-CO2 greenhouse gases, such as methane and nitrous oxide.

Methods

Biochar
Soil carbon sequestration
Enhanced Weathering (EW)
Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE)
Direct Ocean Carbon Capture and Storage (DOCCS)
Ocean Fertilization
Macroalgae cultivation and carbon sequestration
Coastal ecosystems (blue carbon) restoration
Peatland and wetland restoration
Forestry, agroforestry, and land-use management
Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS)
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
Biomass sinking on marine environments
Biomass burial on land
Enabling technologies and services, e.g., geological storage
Portfolio of a subset or all methods