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Direct Air Capture Summit 2020

Climeworks provided a platform for climate science at the Direct Air Capture Summit 2020

On 8th September 2020, Climeworks hosted the Direct Air Capture Summit 2020, a conference discussing carbon dioxide removal solutions and their potential to help stop global warming. We had the honor to welcome experts from various backgrounds as keynote speakers. They provided insights on climate science and policy, different carbon capture solutions, and CO₂ storage.

Get an insight into the Direct Air Capture Summit 2020:

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Watch the individual keynotes below:

  • Prof. Dr. Reto Knutti: Climate change and solutions to reach the Paris Target - watch here

  • Uduak-Joe Ntuk & Dr. Roger Aines: Insights into California's net zero roadmap - watch here

  • Climeworks, Carbon Engineering & Global Thermostat: Direct air capture explained - watch here

  • Prof. Dr. André Bardow: Life Cycle Assessment of direct air capture - watch here

  • Keith Whiriskey & Claude Letourneau: Other carbon capture solutions, and negative emissions technologies - watch here

  • Kjetil Wilhelmsen: Carbon capture and storage: the Northern Lights project - watch here

  • Dr. Edda Sif Aradóttir: From thin air to stone - watch here

What's special about the Direct Air Capture Summit 2020 is its hybrid character: our keynote speakers joined on site in the Kunsthaus Zurich as well as from remote!

The world needs to scale up not one, but many solutions to tackle climate change. The Direct Air Capture Summit 2020 gives expert insights into several of them and illustrates their potential in reaching global climate targets.
Prof. Dr. Reto Knutti

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