8:30 Registration and breakfast
Climate Repair and The Ocean
This session of the conference will set the scene for the importance of carbon dioxide removal as a component of the route to net zero and beyond. It will outline the range of options for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal and sequestration and the overall climate change mitigation framework to which they might contribute.
09:30 Introduction and Welcome
Professor Ralph Rayner, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics
09:40 Keynote Address: The climate crisis
Professor Sir David King, Founder, Centre for Climate Repair, University of Cambridge/Chair, Climate Crisis Advisory Group
10:00 An IPCC Perspective on The Role of Carbon Removal and sequestration in Achieving Net Zero and Beyond
Dr Chris Jones, Research Fellow, Earth System and Mitigation Science Team, UK Met Office
10:20 Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal Options for Climate Change Mitigation
Dr David Keller, Senior Scientist, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
10:40 Questions and Discussion
11:00 Break
Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal and Sequestration
This session of the conference will comprise presentations from organisations engaged with different approaches to ocean carbon dioxide removal and sequestration.
Session Chair: Bella Corpora, Associate Director, Carbon Business Council
11:20 Recovery of Natural Systems
Dr Brian von Herzen, Executive Director, The Climate Foundation
11:40 The Potential of Pelagic Sargassum
Dr Mar Fernandez, Research Scientist, Alfred Wegener Institute
12:00 Connecting Capital to Nature
Jordan Breigner, SVP of Commercial Operations, Running Tide
12:20 Alkalinisation
Peter Chargin, Vice President, Commercialization and Community & Government Relations, Planetary Technologies
12:40 Questions and Discussion
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Driving Global Carbon Dioxide Drawdown via Direct Ocean Capture
Dr Harry Atwater, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, Captura and Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology
14:20 Carbon Capture and Storage
Stephen Fasham, Chief Executive Officer, Covelya Group
14:40 Questions and Discussion
14:50 Break
Monitoring, Reporting and Verification
Speakers in this session will explore the data, information and knowledge needs associated with permitting, evaluation, design, operation, monitoring, reporting and verification of marine carbon dioxide removal and sequestration activities.
Session Chair: Charlotte Powell, Head of BioEnergy and Carbon Removals Innovation Team, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
15:00 A policy perspective
Dr Leo Mercer, Policy Analyst, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics
15:20 The Legal and Regulatory Framework
Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Senior Lecturer in Climate Law, Edinburgh University
15:40 Evaluating impacts
Dr Vassilis Kitidis, Marine Biogeochemist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
16:00 Requirements for safe and effective implementation of oceanbased carbon dioxide removal.
Dr Christopher Pearce, Principal Marine Geoscientist, National Oceanography Centre
16:20 Questions and Discussion
16:40 Break
Ocean Information Needs
A panel of speakers from the previous sessions will discuss the challenges associated with scaling marine carbon dioxide removal and sequestration opportunities, focussing on common needs for ocean data, information and knowledge.
16:50 A panel discussion moderated by:
Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE, Director, Centre for Climate Repair, Cambridge University
Panel Members:
Professor Ed Hill, Chief Executive, National Oceanography Centre
Brad Ack, Chief Executive Officer, Ocean Visions
Pete Chargin,Vice President, Planetary Technologies
Professor Jerry Blackford,Head of Science, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Dr Jessica Cross, Earth Scientist – Decarbonization and Carbon Removal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
17:40 Closing Keynote
Brad Ack, Chief Executive Officer, Ocean Visions
18:00 Closing remarks
18:05 Networking drinks reception