Featured Session: Cleaning Up Our Atmosphere: Carbon Removal Prepares to Go Mainstream

Mar 11, 2025

11:30am – 12:30pm CT

Leading climate scientists agree carbon removal is vital for limiting global warming. While giant carbon-sucking vacuums may seem like sci-fi, the technology is real and in use today. However, the industry must scale considerably to reach its full potential. In this fireside chat, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe and Douglas Chan, COO of Climeworks, will discuss the state of carbon removal and how we can reach a future where excess carbon is systematically removed much like other waste.

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Douglas Chan

Climeworks

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Katharine Hayhoe

The Nature Conservancy

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