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  • Building the Evidence Base for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal: Strengthening Research and Government Collaboration on Emerging Ocean-Climate Approaches

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR), including emerging approaches such as Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE), represents a critical frontier in ocean-climate innovation with the potential to make a significant contribution to long-term climate mitigation goals. As the field continues to evolve, advancing a rigorous scientific foundation through modelling, controlled field trials, and comprehensive environmental impact assessments ... Read more

  • Be big, be boring: Financing the Next Frontier of Global Biochar Carbon Removal

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Hosted by A Healthier Earth at the CDR30 Pavilion Scaling biochar from niche innovation to a core pillar of global climate action will demand serious, long-term capital. This session asks a simple question with far-reaching implications: what would it take for biochar to look “big and boring” to mainstream investors? In the birthplace of biochar, ... Read more

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  • Nature at the Core: Scaling High-Integrity NBS Markets

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Nature-based solutions are critical for climate mitigation, biodiversity and sustainable development. This panel brings together perspectives across the value chain to explore how high-integrity NBS credits can be designed, financed and scaled, to deliver value beyond carbon, including equity, cultural resilience and community well-being. Speakers: Mr Aadith Moorthy, Founder & CEO, Boomitra Mr Benedict Chia, ... Read more

  • A Mutirão for Carbon Removals: Mobilizing for Massive Change by 2030

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Hosted by Climate High-Level Champions, the Group of Negative Emitters, and WBCSD, with partners including the Negative Emissions Platform (NEP). Date & time🗓️ 15 November, 9:00–12:00 Carbon removal is moving from theory to practice, but implementation is still far from where it needs to be by 2030. This all-morning session launches the Carbon Removals Mutirão, ... Read more

  • Driving Carbon Removals for People, Nature, and Planet: Landscape-Level Nature-Based Solutions in Commodity Supply Chains

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Hosted by PUR As companies seek to build deforestation-free and climate-resilient supply chains, nature-based carbon removals are emerging as a critical strategy. These interventions not only reduce emissions but also deliver co-benefits for biodiversity, ecosystems, and local communities. This session, with participants from PUR, Satelligence and Proforest  will explore how supply chain-linked removals, implemented through ... Read more

  • How high-integrity carbon markets can foster climate ambition by incentivizing carbon removals

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Carbon removals are becoming increasingly important to meet the Paris Agreement goals. Carbon markets can drive private investment in removal technologies and practices, supported by regulation and finance. A key question is how large-scale deployment can ensure social and environmental integrity? Speakers: European Commission DG CLIMA; KfW Development Bank; Perspectives Climate Research; GIZ; Negative Emissions Platform, ... Read more

  • Ocean Acidification & Alkalinity Enhancement: Global Case Studies on Impacts & Local Opportunities

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    As the ocean absorbs atmospheric CO2, acidification threatens coral reefs, fisheries, and coastal communities worldwide. This session presents the latest science on these impacts alongside global case studies examining the potential role of ocean alkalinity enhancement in supporting adaptation strategies for vulnerable coastal communities. Scientists, government representatives, and ocean advocates will share diverse perspectives and ... Read more

  • Global Pathways for Biochar: Lessons in scaling and investment

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Hosted by A Healthier Earth For biochar to deliver on its climate promise as a carbon removal technology, we need to achieve global, industrial scale but this requires serious investment. This session convenes leaders from across continents to share insights and expertise on attracting investment, building regional markets, overcoming policy hurdles, and adapting technology to ... Read more

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    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Join us In person: CDR30 Pavilion, Blue Zone (Blue Zone accreditation required) Online: Watch the livestream on Negative Emissions Platform Youtube channel Stay updated: Follow CDR30 and NEP channels for programme updates and recordings

  • Navigating the policy landscape for Ocean Carbon Removal

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Hosted by Carbon to Sea This session will focus on the emerging governance frameworks shaping ocean-based carbon removal (oCDR) at multiple levels and their role in enabling scaling with environmental and social safeguards. What we’ll cover Key international ocean governance discussions impacting oCDR, including LC/LP and BBNJ. The role of carbon removal in national climate ... Read more

  • Carbon Removal for People and Planet: Building Co-Benefits into the Paris Agreement

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Hosted by Terradot and the Negative Emissions Platform  Carbon removals are moving up the COP agenda, but their social and environmental co-benefits are still too often treated as a side note. Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) can deliver durable removals and healthier soils, more resilient food systems, and better livelihoods for farmers,  yet these links are ... Read more

  • GONE : Closing the Ambition Gap

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Hosted by the Group of Negative Emitters (GONE) This ministerial event explores how countries can use high-integrity carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to close the gap between today’s emissions trajectories and 1.5°C-consistent pathways. Even as mitigation efforts ramp up, the latest science makes clear that deep emissions cuts alone are no longer enough; durable, scalable CDR ... Read more

  • 3Ts Setting Standards for CDR: Transparency, Traceability and Transmissibility of the information restoring trust in the VCM 2.0

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Hosted by Forestsync (ForestWatch AS, Norway) Providing the audience the context of where we will lead the market in the next 10 to 25 years.  How will we reshape the consumption habits not only for credits, B2B, but also how our decisions and work will impact the B2B2C information transmission to the consumer. What we’ll ... Read more

  • Presentation (Dr. David Manning and Dr. Christina Larkin) (Injy Johnstone Oxford)

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Hosted by the In Planet  Brazil is at the forefront of a historic opportunity to lead the global transition toward regenerative and climate-positive agriculture. With its vast tropical soils, innovative farming communities, and a solid scientific foundation, the country has the potential to restore soil health, increase productivity, and durably remove carbon. This AgriZone panel, organized by InPlanet and ... Read more

  • Finance to Support Forestry Actions & Generate Real Carbon Removal Credits for Carbon Neutral Goals

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    NbS, especially forest actions need more global finance and private sectors' actions. The event will review 20 years global market and non-market cooperative approaches on forest carbon. Hope to discuss and find new solutions and to encourage investors take actions now. Speakers: YANG Chao,Chairman, CGCF. HE Yu, Deputy Secretary General, CGCF. Dr. WU Shuhong, Professor, ... Read more

  • Paving the Way for a Regenerative Economy: CDR and Prosperity Beyond Net-Zero

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme How can Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) support a fair, climate-safe future beyond net-zero? This UNEP-hosted session at the CDR Pavilion will bring together experts from governments, industry and research to explore how CDR fits into global net-zero and overshoot pathways, and how it can contribute to a regenerative, ... Read more

  • Leading Carbon Removal Charters: The Power of Soft Law

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Hosted by the Negative Emissions Platform (NEP)  This session titled "Leading Carbon Removal Charters: The Power of Soft Law" will explore how emerging soft-law instruments and voluntary charters are shaping the governance and markets for carbon dioxide removal (CDR). It will highlight how these non-binding frameworks can guide public and private action effectively without waiting ... Read more

  • Scalable CDR through Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) using Gabbro and Basalt Stones at Gt-scale

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    ERW is emerging as a recognized method to scale CDR. The side event will highlight new findings on gabbro stones from global south like Africa and India as source for building materials, while its stone dust is used for ERW on agricultural and agroforestry soil by help of youth in the global south. Speakers: Qualified ... Read more

  • Building Carbon Markets to unlock high-integrity Removals: Lessons, Challenges, and Pathways Forward

    Blue Zone Pavilion Parque da Cidade, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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    Hosted by GIZ   High-integrity carbon markets are entering a new phase – one where they must mobilise serious finance for both nature-based and engineered carbon removal, without compromising on environmental and social integrity. This session looks at how Article 6 and voluntary carbon markets can unlock high-quality removals while addressing permanence, risk of reversal, ... Read more