The Carbon Capture and Storage Association is a registered Business NGO at COP30 and is involved in a number of activities in partnership with other organisations.
Below you will find information about Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), as well as a list of all CCUS-related events taking place at COP30. This list will be continuously updated in the run-up to and during COP30.
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Date: Monday, 10 November 2025
Time: 13:30-15:00
Location: CDR30 Pavilion, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Carbon Blue
Overview: This session gives a focused review of all major carbon dioxide removal (CDR) pathways: How they remove, general work mechanism, what it costs, and what it takes to measure and verify. We’ll surface the key differentiators: biology- vs. geology- vs. chemistry-based mechanisms; storage durability (how long they store carbon? years to millennia); siting and feedstock needs; co-benefits and risks (land, water, ecosystems); and scale / readiness from pilots to commercial deployment.
A cross-disciplinary panel including scientific, policy, business, technology, and NGO perspectives from industry experts will translate evidence into practical guidance on what can deploy now, what can we expect in the near future (by the next NDC), and how different stakeholders across the board can contribute with the right policy, investments and partnerships.
Speakers:
How to attend: All CDR Pathways Lead to Net Zero: a comprehensive review of CDR pathways with leading experts
Livestream: Livestream on Negative Emissions Platform Youtube channel
Date: Monday, 10 November 2025
Time: 15:30-17:00
Location: CDR30 Pavilion, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Carbon Blue
Overview: From agriculture to manufacturing and Waste treatment, industrial production chains have long been synonymous with emissions – the very term Industrial Revolution is bound to the origins of the climate crisis. Yet the same sectors that transformed the planet’s atmosphere now hold the power to restore it.
Join us at COP30 in Belem for a discussion of industry leaders to explore the strategic role of VCDR in achieving net-negative emissions and dive into breakthrough technological and operational solutions creating synergy between Industry and climate.
Speakers:
How to attend: Value Chain Decarbonization & Removal: Harnessing Industrial Systems for CDR
Livestream: Livestream on Negative Emissions Platform Youtube channel
Date: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
Time: 10:00-11:30
Location: CDR30 Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: CCS Brasil
Event Overview: The session will explore how the global deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) is establishing the technical, regulatory, and market foundations for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions such as BECCS and DACCS. As countries and industries accelerate investments in CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure, the same systems designed for decarbonization today can enable permanent removals tomorrow.
How to attend: From CCS to CDR: How Carbon Capture and Storage Paves the Way for Carbon Removals
Livestream: Available on Negative Emissions Platform Youtube channel
Date: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
Time: 14:00-15:00
Location: REA Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: KPMG in collaboration with WEF
Event Overview: This session will spotlight practical pathways to mobilize private finance for climate-aligned growth in emerging markets and developing economies. It will feature insights from global leaders and practitioners on overcoming investment barriers, scaling bankable project pipelines, and building resilient, inclusive economies. Discover actionable solutions and bold partnerships that can transform climate finance and drive sustainable development where it’s needed most.
How to attend: Register
Date: Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Time: 12:30-13:30
Location: Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Clean Energy Ministerial
Event Overview: This high-level event will launch the Plan to Accelerate Solutions (PAS) for Sustainable Public Procurement, promoting climate action and a just transition. It will conclude with a Ministerial Declaration uniting governments in a commitment to use public procurement as a tool for a just transition.
Date: Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Time: 13:30-15:00
Location: CDR30 Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Negative Emissions Platform
Event Overview: National playbooks for high-integrity, durable carbon removals are taking shape. Hear what’s live now, what’s launching next, and how policies turn ambition into bankable projects, de-risking supply, unlocking demand, and enabling MRV, transport and storage.
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How to attend: National Carbon Removal Roadmaps
Livestream: Available on Negative Emissions Platform Youtube channel
Date: Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Time: 14:30-15:30
Location: Norway Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: DNV
Overview: Rapid changes in geopolitics, heightened energy security focus, policy reversals in the US, and clean tech production and export from China are all influencing the pace and direction of the energy transition. These interconnected forces create a complex landscape that requires careful analysis and strategic planning.
We’ll deep dive into DNV’s modelling and analysis of the technology, economies, policy, and geopolitics shaping the energy transition followed by a dialogue on the implications and possible ways forward in this critical period.
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Date: Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Time: 16:30-17:30
Location: SDG Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Clean Energy Ministerial
Overview: Women remain underrepresented across the energy sector and disproportionately affected by energy poverty, health risks, and limited access to finance and technology. Gender-blind policies exacerbate these inequalities.
The session will explore how gender-responsive strategies, action plans, and data frameworks can empower women and enhance climate outcomes. It will highlight the economic and environmental benefits of diversity—such as improved profitability, innovation, and sustainability—and underscore the need for gender-disaggregated data and indicators to track progress.
Date: Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Time: 18:30-20:00
Location: Side Event Room 2, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Ipieca co-hosted with United States Council for International Business (USCIB) and APREL
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How to attend: Open-session, no pre-registration is required
Date: Thursday, 13 November 2025
Time: 08:00-11:00
Location: JAQ Boat, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: KPMG in collaboration with TheCity UK
Overview: TheCityUK and KPMG will convene a high-level breakfast event to spotlight the UK’s leadership in sustainable finance and the crucial role of the financial and related professional services industry in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.
How to attend: Express interest
Date: Thursday, 13 November 2025
Time: 10:30-11:30
Location: Norway Pavilion, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: CCSA & Equinor
Overview: This high-level panel, hosted by Equinor and the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA), brings together leading voices behind Europe’s most advanced CCS initiatives, including representatives from Equinor, Fluxys, DNV, the Danish Ministry, and the Sustainable Business COP. While Final Investment Decisions have been secured in Norway and the UK, and promising developments are emerging in Denmark and across parts of the private sector, the session will explore what has enabled progress to date, where challenges remain, and how these experiences might inform and inspire future CCS efforts globally.
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How to attend: Open-session, no pre-registration is required
Date: Thursday, 13 November 2025
Time: 10:00-11:30
Location: CDR30 Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Negative Emissions Platform and Partners
Overview: Article 6 is advancing, but implementation is uneven. With 6.2 cooperative approaches and 6.4 UN-recognised credits emerging, buyers and policymakers need clear, practical direction to support durable removals, from authorisations and corresponding adjustments to credible corporate claims.
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How to attend: Financing High-Integrity Carbon Removals under Article 6 – CDR30
Livestream: Available on Negative Emissions Platform Youtube channel
Date: Thursday, 13 November 2025
Time: 13:30-15:00
Location: CDR30 Pavilion, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Isometric
Overview: The session will examine the policies driving carbon markets around the world, the strategic investments being made by both the public and private sectors, and the role of technology in accelerating the deployment of carbon removal.
Speakers:
How to attend: The Multiplier Effect: How the Public and Private Sectors Can Unlock CDR at Scale
Livestream: Available on Negative Emissions Platform Youtube channel
Date: Friday, 14 November 2025
Time: 09:30-10:30
Location: Just Transition Pavilion, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Clean Energy Ministerial
Overview: The green transition is expected to be a net creator of jobs, with workers possessing green skills already seeing significantly higher hiring rates. Yet, one in two jobs could lack the required green skills by 2050, posing challenges for both businesses and national economies. At the same time, the rapid scaling of clean energy requires urgent action to ensure that career pathways in this growing sector are clear, accessible, and equitable. This session will explore how to secure a job-rich, low-carbon future that is both inclusive and resilient, focusing on what it takes to build robust green talent pipelines and support workers in transitioning sectors. The session will bring together the extensive multilateral efforts of the Clean Energy Ministerial’s (CEM) Empowering People Initiative (EPI), the World Economic Forum (WEF), McKinsey, and their partners – culminating in a concrete call to action on how stronger collaboration can accelerate the creation of inclusive, job-rich, and resilient green economies.
Date: Friday, 14 November 2025
Time: 10:30-12:00
Location: Special Event Room 3, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Clean Energy Ministerial
Overview: Accelerating the use and production of sustainable fuels is a priority outcome for Brazil’s COP30 Presidency. Under the Belém 4X Pledge on Sustainable Fuels, Heads of State and Government of several leading countries have committed to expand sustainable fuels use globally by at least four times by 2035 from 2024 levels. This target is based on analysis by the International Energy Agency to fully realise the opportunities and benefits of sustainable fuels to meet multiple energy security, reliability, sustainability, and cross-sector objectives.
As emphasised in the Pledge, the Clean Energy Ministerial is ready and mobilised to provide the key implementation platform for the Belém Pledge. CEM is therefore organising this High-Level Roundtable on behalf of the COP30 Presidency to bring together all key stakeholders necessary to implement the Belém Pledge. Building on existing partnerships and collaborations, the session will invite leaders to outline how they will work with the CEM Future Fuels community to quadruple sustainable fuels by 2035. In this way, supporters of the Belém Pledge will emphasise the practical and achievable nature of the target – and deepen the action-oriented partnerships essential for successful implementation.
Date: Friday, 14 November 2025
Time: 14:00-15:00
Location: Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Clean Energy Ministerial
Date: Friday, 14 November 2025
Time: 11:00-11:45
Location: WGEO Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA)
Overview: This WGEO Pavilion event will reflect on the positive developments in the CCUS industry over the past 18 months, with a number of projects reaching financial close in Europe and around the world. Speakers will debate how this positive momentum can be maintained, and the key next steps and actions that will be needed to deliver the next wave of CCUS projects.
The session will then focus on the development of emerging markets that will be key for CCUS; such as Emissions Trading Systems, low-carbon products market, a global market for Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDR) and cross-border CO2 markets. Coordination and collaboration will be critical to ensure these markets can deliver a successful CCUS industry and help to unlock a global green economy.
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How to attend: Pre-register at our Eventbrite page
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldGreenEconomyOrganization/streams
Date: Friday, 14 November 2025
Time: 16:00-16:45
Location: Norway Pavilion, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: DNV
Overview: With countries submitting their updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of COP30, we face a critical question: are these updates a cause for optimism in our fight against climate change? DNV is modelling these submissions and will present our insights.
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Date: Friday, 14 November 2025
Time: 10:30-11:15
Location: Canada Pavilion, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: DeepSky and International CCS Knowledge Centre
Date: Saturday, 15 November 2025
Time: 12:30–13:30
Location: Thematic Hub, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Clean Energy Ministerial
Overview: An interactive, expert-driven workshop exploring how governments can align their spending with sustainable public procurement to unlock a core climate lever to accelerate circularity, climate resilience, and decarbonization across high-impact sectors — from construction and ICT to agri-food and beyond — in support of a just transition. Globally, government spending accounts for 13-20% of global GDP and drives 15% of global GHG emissions – making government spending a powerful tool for driving climate action. By embedding climate considerations into purchasing decisions, governments are leading by example to de-risk the economy, shift markets toward sustainability, create demand for products for the future, and strengthen supply chains—all while delivering essential public services. This high-level exchange will convene public, private, and expert stakeholders during COP30 to share lessons learned and shape the next generation of sustainable public procurement (SPP) strategies.
Date: Saturday, 15 November 2025
Time: 13:00–14:00
Location: Just Transition Pavilion, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Clean Energy Ministerial
Overview: This high-level session is convened by the newly launched CEM Campaign on Sustainable Lifestyles, Fairness, and Access to Clean Energy Technologies, championed by the European Commission. Building on the momentum from India’s G20 presidency and its Mission LiFE, this new CEM campaign adopts a whole-of-society approach to advancing a just, inclusive, and people-centred clean energy transition. It explores how collective action, and individual choices can together drive meaningful impact across energy systems.
This event will present preliminary findings from the International Energy Agency (IEA) report on Sustainable Lifestyles and Fairness, highlight experiences and best practices from endorsing countries and partner organizations, and engage stakeholders around a collective call to action.
Date: Saturday, 15 November 2025
Time: 11:30–13:00
Location: Side Event Room 9, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: CCSA, University of Texas – Austin, Bellona, International CCS Knowledge Centre, IEAGHG
Overview: This side event is organised by the CCSA, The University of Texas at Austin, IEAGHG, Bellona, and the International CCS Knowledge Centre. The COP30 President calls for Non-State Stakeholders to “partner-up” and target “high leverage points” to drive large scale impacts in complex systems. That is exactly what Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) does, and what our organisations are doing. We will describe how our efforts are advancing and LATAM countries to reduce emissions at large-scale.
Speakers:
Part 1. The Role of Non-State Actors in OECD Countries that can help LATAM countries
Part 2. The Role of Non-State Actors in LATAM and Caribbean countries
How to attend: Open-session, no pre-registration is required
Date: Saturday, 15 November 2025
Time: 13:45–14:30
Location: IETA, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: GCCSI and International CCS Knowledge Centre
Date: Saturday, 15 November 2025
Time: 14:30–15:15
Location: IETA, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: GCCSI and International CCS Knowledge Centre
Date: Saturday, 15 November 2025
Time: 09:30-10:30
Location: Netherlands Pavilion, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Clean Energy Ministerial
Date: Saturday, 15 November 2025
Time: 10:00-10:50
Location: Australia Pavilion, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Clean Energy Ministerial
Overview: This COP30 side event will highlight how the CEM Agenda for Action supports the tripling renewable energy goal, showcase progress on grids, storage, flexibility and complementary low-carbon sources such as nuclear, foster dialogue on scaling investment, and emphasize the role of developing regions in advancing global clean energy solutions.
By aligning the CEM Agenda for Action with COP30’s focus on tripling renewables, the event underscores the urgent need for integrated power system strategies to deliver a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive energy future.
Date: Saturday, 15 November 2025
Time: 11:00-12:30
Location: Resilience Hub, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: KPMG in collaboration with U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Overview: This session will explore AI as a catalyst for climate action and the energy transition, highlighting its role in reducing emissions, advancing adaptation, biodiversity, and circularity, while also examining how rising energy demand as a result of AI can accelerate the shift to clean energy.
How to attend: Register
Date: Saturday, 15 November 2025
Time: 11:30-12:15
Location: Norway Pavilion, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: DNV
Overview: With countries submitting their updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of COP30, we face a critical question: are these updates a cause for optimism in our fight against climate change? DNV is modelling these submissions and will present our insights.
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Date: Monday, 17 November 2025
Time: 10:00-11:30
Location: UK Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) – UK
Overview: Evidence shows the public places greater trust in scientists and academics than in government or industry. This interactive session aims to cut through misinformation on CCUS by using trusted voices to explain the facts. The event will combine live audience polling, a short ‘teach-in’ from Dr Katharine Hayhoe (Chief Scientist at the Nature Conservancy), and rapid myth-busting shaped by audience Q&A.
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How to attend: Open-session, no pre-registration is required
Livestream: CCUS Mythbusting live: Ask the Experts
Date: Monday, 17 November 2025
Location: Exhibit Booth #20, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Taiwan Carbon Capture Storage and Utilization Association and CO2GeoNet
Date: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Location: Exhibit Booth #20, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Taiwan Carbon Capture Storage and Utilization Association and CO2GeoNet
Date: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Time: 18:30–20:00
Location: Side Event Room 4, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Norwegian University of Science and Technology and SINTEF Foundation
Overview: This side event is organised by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and SINTEF Foundation. Decarbonising energy-intensive industry is urgent but complex. This event presents real-world innovations that enable emission cuts and energy efficiency improvements in hard-to-abate sectors. Implementation also in LMIC and UMIC countries will be important, and how Art 6 of the PA can be utilized.
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Experts from SINTEF, NTNU, important industry representatives, such as the aluminium and renewable energy company Hydro, and institutions from LMIC and UMIC countries share solutions, including CCS, high-temp heat pumps, carbon-free aluminium, industrial clusters, and smarter off-gas management.
Date: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Time: 10:15–12:00
Location: Korea Pavilion, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Clean Energy Ministerial
Date: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Location: Exhibit booth #40, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: CCSA, The University of Texas at Austin, IEAGHG, and the International CCS Knowledge Centre
Date: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Time: 18:30–20:00
Location: Side Event Room 5, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Overview: This Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute (GCCSI) and Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN) event showcases policy leadership across Europe, South America, North America, and MEA that’s advancing CCUS in hard-to-abate sectors, driving climate ambition while navigating global response measures such as CBAM.
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How to attend: Open-session, no pre-registration is required
Date: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Location: Exhibit Booth #20, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Taiwan Carbon Capture Storage and Utilization Association and CO2GeoNet
Date: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Location: Exhibit booth #40, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: CCSA, The University of Texas at Austin, IEAGHG, and the International CCS Knowledge Centre
Date: Thursday, 20 November 2025
Location: Exhibit Booth #20, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: Taiwan Carbon Capture Storage and Utilization Association and CO2GeoNet
Date: Thursday, 20 November 2025
Location: Exhibit booth #40, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: CCSA, The University of Texas at Austin, IEAGHG, and the International CCS Knowledge Centre
Date: Friday, 21 November 2025
Location: Exhibit booth #40, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil
Organisers: CCSA, The University of Texas at Austin, IEAGHG, and the International CCS Knowledge Centre