Climeworks Direct Air Capture Summit

Advancing high-quality carbon removal solutions

Carbon removals and direct air capture are at a turning point. Guided by climate science, the need to permanently remove CO₂ from the air, in addition to drastic emissions reductions, has reached a new level of attention from governments, media, and businesses throughout the past months. However, the marathon to build a carbon removal industry that successfully operates at gigaton scale has only just begun.

We strongly believe in the need to scale solutions that are net-negative, additional, verifiable, and combined with durable storage. These quality criteria have always been at the core of Climeworks’ mission, and they took center stage at this year’s summit on June 6.

Our 2023 line-up

At the Climeworks Direct Air Capture Summit 2023 we heard from experts on the science and economics of direct air capture, discussed the role of corporations and governments and confirmed the importance of environmental justice and community engagement in scaling high-quality carbon removal solutions.

This was our exciting 2023 line-up of speakers and moderators:

• Anca Gurzu, Cipher

• Anu Khan, Carbon180

• Bill Gates, Breakthrough Energy (pre-recorded video address)

• Brandon Middaugh, Microsoft (pre-recorded video address)

• Brian DiMarino, JPMorgan Chase & Co

• Brian Kahn, Bloomberg

• Christoph Gebald, Climeworks

• Claire Nelson, Columbia University

• Erin Burns, Carbon180

• Eve Tamme, Climate Principles

• Giana Amador, Carbon Removal Alliance

• Greg Nemet, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Hannah Wise, Moderator and media coach

• Helen Bray, Puro.earth

• Howard Herzog, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

• Katharine Hayhoe, The Nature Conservancy (pre-recorded video address)

• James Mwangi, Africa Climate Ventures

• Jan Wurzbacher, Climeworks

• Julio Friedmann, Carbon Direct

• Marcius Extavour, TIMECO2

• Michael Rammelsberger, Mammut

• Mischa Repmann, SwissRe

• Na'im Merchant, Carbon Removal Canada

• Natalia Dorfman, Kita

• Nikki Batchelor, XPRIZE

• Noah Deich, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, U.S. Department of Energy

• Prof. Lord Nicholas Stern, The Grantham Institute (pre-recorded video address)

• Rachel Delacour, Sweep

• Rich Lesser, BCG

• Simone H. Stewart, National Wildlife Federation

• Ted Christie-Miller, BeZero Carbon

• Ugbaad Kosar, Carbon180

We are honored and grateful for the excellent contributions of these speakers and moderators, the fantastic engagement of onsite and online guests and look forward to the next Summit.