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Carbon management involves reducing emissions and using a set of nature- or technology-based solutions to capture, store, transport and use atmospheric CO2 emissions from human activities. The European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon is committed to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and is striving to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040.

At the initiative of the Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity, the Ministry of the Economy, and the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ, and with the support of Luxinnovation, a conference on the state of the art of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in Luxembourg will take place on 5 February, from 9.00 to 17.00, in Luxembourg-Belval.

The objectives of this conference are:

1. to provide an overview of the status of CCUS at an international, European and national level, highlighting the opportunities and constraints of natural and technology-based solutions;
2. to promote networking in the Luxembourg RDI ecosystem in the area of CCUS.

Are you an industrial, economic, or financial player? Are you a representative of academia or the public sector? Are you interested in the topic of carbon management? Save the date of 5 Feb 2025 on your calendar!

Event programme

• 8.00-9.00 – Welcome

  Registration and welcome coffee

• 9.00 – Opening remarks

  Philippe Delfosse (Welcome at ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ.lu on behalf of the Rector Jens Kreisel)

  TBC (Welcome)

  Minister Serge Wilmes (Setting the scene)

• 9.15 – Global overview

  Oliver Geden (German Institute for International and Security Affairs)

• 9.45 – EU state of play

  Christian Holzleitner (EU Commission – DG CLIMA)

• 10.05 – CO2 transport infrastructure development

  Hany Aouad (Fluxys)

• 10.25 – Coffe break and networking

• 11.00 – Luxembourg national context (1)

  Land use, land use change, and forestry (LULUCF)

  • State of play: LULUCF carbon uptake potential and Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) (Mirko Gregor, MECB)
  • New National Forest Inventory (Martine Neuberg, ANF)
  • Agriculture: inventory, NECP measures (Sebastian Hans, MAAV)
  • Wetlands (Richard Keim, LIST)

• 11.40 – Case study: Nature-based solutions
  • Ralf Köhler, Luxinnovation GIE – Luxembourg Wood Cluster
  • Philippe Delfosse, ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ
  • Serge Niederkorn, CarbonCaaS

• 12.10 – Walking lunch and coffee

• 13.30 – Luxembourg national context (2)

  Industry

  • Broad overview, GHG inventory and CCUS in context (Claudia Hitaj, MECB)
  • Potential for CO₂ utilisation, storage, and transport (Duan Hua, LIST)

• 14.00 – Case study: Cement
  • Numa Joy Bertola, ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ
  • Fredericq Peigneux, Heidelberg Materials Benelux
  • Parikshit Shastri, Dyckerhoff Buzzi
  • Isabelle Sgro Rojas, Energetics

• 14.40 – Coffee break

• 15.15 – Financing CCUS
  • General overview and carbon markets (Nathalie Roth, 4Climate)
  • How bonds can finance decarbonization (Laetitia Hamon, LuxSE)
  • Role of impact funds in CCUS (Albert Seoane, Innpact)
  • Lending for large CCUS projects (Nancy Saich, European Investment Bank)

• 16.00 – Round table
  • Moderator: Andrew Ferrone
  • Participants: Oliver Geden, Christian Holzleitner, Hany Aouad, Philippe Delfosse, Gaston Trauffler, Laetitia Hamon, Laurence Tock

• 16.45 – Closing remarks

  Pit Losch (Ministry of the Economy)

• 17.00-18.00 – Networking cocktail

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