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 Union 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 University of Luxembourg, 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:
- 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;
- 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
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8.00-9.00 – Welcome
Registration and welcome coffee
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9.00 – Opening remarks
Philippe Delfosse (Welcome at Uni.lu on behalf of the Rector Jens Kreisel)
TBC (Welcome)
Minister Serge Wilmes (Setting the scene)
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9.15 – Global overview
Oliver Geden (German Institute for International and Security Affairs)
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9.45 – EU state of play
Christian Holzleitner (EU Commission – DG CLIMA)
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10.05 – CO2 transport infrastructure development
Hany Aouad (Fluxys)
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10.25 – Coffe break and networking
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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)
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11.40 – Case study: Nature-based solutions
- Ralf Köhler, Luxinnovation GIE – Luxembourg Wood Cluster
- Philippe Delfosse, University of Luxembourg
- Serge Niederkorn, CarbonCaaS
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12.10 – Walking lunch and coffee
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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)
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14.00 – Case study: Cement
- Numa Joy Bertola, University of Luxembourg
- Fredericq Peigneux, Heidelberg Materials Benelux
- Parikshit Shastri, Dyckerhoff Buzzi
- Isabelle Sgro Rojas, Energetics
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14.40 – Coffee break
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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)
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16.00 – Round table
- Moderator: Andrew Ferrone
- Participants: Oliver Geden, Christian Holzleitner, Hany Aouad, Philippe Delfosse, Gaston Trauffler, Laetitia Hamon, Laurence Tock
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16.45 – Closing remarks
Pit Losch (Ministry of the Economy)
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17.00-18.00 – Networking cocktail
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