Carbon Removal Summit

About the Carbon Removal Summit

Held since 2020, the Climeworks Carbon Removal Summit (previously known as Direct Air Capture Summit) is a one-of-a-kind platform featuring business, technology, scientists, and policy experts from the carbon removal space.

The change of name for the fifth edition reflects Climeworks’ continued commitment to scale this market together with the carbon removal ecosystem to foster solutions that are of high quality and integrity: durable, additional, verifiable, and responsible.

Leading the race to zero

Hundreds of experts gathered in Zurich, Switzerland, from June 4-5 to discuss the levers needed to drive the scale-up of the industry. Or, in other words, how the private and public sectors can lead the race to zero.

Climeworks unveiled its Generation 3 technology live at the Carbon Removal Summit. Its filter material represents a breakthrough in efficiency and performance. It will be first deployed in the U.S. as part of Project Cypress and then replicated globally on secured project sites.

Our 2024 line-up

We were thrilled to welcome a distinguished panel of business, finance, science, and policy leaders acting as speakers and moderators:

• Akshat Rathi, Author of “Climate Capitalism” 

• Andrew Freedman, Axios 

• Bayo Owolabi, BCG 

• Christian Holzleitner, European Commission 

• Christoph Gebald, Climeworks

• Christoph Beuttler, Carbon Gap 

• Diego Saez Gil, Pachama 

• Emma Parry, McKinsey & Company 

• Erin Burns, Carbon180 

• Giana Amador, Carbon Removal Alliance 

• Hannes Kofler, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 

• Jack Andreasen, Breakthrough Energy 

• Jan Wurzbacher, Climeworks

• Kaya Axelsson, Oxford Net Zero 

• Lars Kroeplin, Lufthansa Group 

• Marcius Extavour, Master of Ceremonies 

• Maria Leis, Breakthrough Energy 

• Mary Yap, Lithos Carbon 

• Matt Manning, BT Group 

• Noah Deich, U.S. Department of Energy 

• Oliver Geden, SWP 

• Riddhima Yadav, Brookfield Asset Management

• Sebastian Kaczynski, SAP Switzerland 

• Ted Christie-Miller, BeZero Carbon 

• Thomas Crowther, Restor 

• Zachary Webb, M&G Investments 

We are honored and grateful for the excellent contributions of these speakers and moderators, the fantastic engagement of our guests, and look forward to the next occasions to inspire, connect, and accelerate action.

The best impressions of the Carbon Removal Summit 2024