Carbon Management: Fun, Profit, Policy, and Climate Mitigation

Since the signing of the Paris agreement in 2015 and its ratification in 2016, direct, large-scale management of CO2 emissions has grown in prominence. This reflects current emissions trends, policy trends, and technology advances. Specifically, major technology progress in carbon capture, CO2 conversion and use (sometimes called carbon-to-value or CO2 recycling), and CO2 removal has led to philosophical changes in the efficacy and role of carbon management, as well as enabled policy actions (which in turn enable financing and investment). Major policy outcomes in 2018 have changed the investment landscape and increased ambition within states and nations regarding what is possible from the perspective of climate, energy security, and economic vitality (including competitiveness).

Speaker: S. Julio Friedmann, Columbia University