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The Center on Global Energy Policy will host a webinar sharing key findings from a new report, “Opportunities and Limits of CO₂ Recycling in a Circular Carbon Economy: Techno-economics, Critical Infrastructure Needs, and Policy Priorities.” This report aims to help investors and policymakers understand key issues and technology limits and navigate the dynamic landscape of CO₂  recycling for hard-to-abate sectors.

Despite growing efforts to drastically cut carbon dioxide emissions and address climate change, energy outlooks project that the world will continue to rely on certain products that are currently carbon-intensive to produce but have limited alternatives, such as aviation fuels and concrete. Recycling CO₂ into valuable chemicals, fuels, and materials has emerged as an opportunity to reduce the emissions of these products. In this way, CO₂ recycling is a potential cornerstone of a circular carbon economy that can support a net-zero future.

This webinar will feature a short presentation by Dr. Julio Friedmann, CGEP Senior Research Scholar, and Amar Bhardwaj, Marshall Scholar and incoming Stanford University PhD Student, followed by a moderated panel discussion with leaders in industry, technology, policymaking and government.

The webinar will:

1. examine 19 CO₂ recycling pathways to understand the opportunities and the technical and economic limits of CO₂ recycling products gaining market entry and reaching a global scale
2. prioritize pathways based on their current cost, scalability, and potential to improve in the short term; and
3. recommend targeted policies to support CO₂ recycling innovation and deployment, including infrastructure and procurement that support commercialization of successful RD&D.

Moderator: 

• Dr. Marcius Extavour, Executive Director, Prize Operations, Energy & Resources, XPRIZE

Keynote:

• Dr. Jennifer Wilcox, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (Acting Assistant Secretary) for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, U.S. Department of Energy

Panelists:

• Alex Zapantis, General Manager - Commercial, Global CCS Institute
• Colin McCormick, Adjunct Professor, Science, Technology and International Affairs, Georgetown University
• Dr. Stephanie Nitopi Karris, Carbon Technology Strategist, Carbon Direct

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This webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded and the video recording will be added to our website following the event.

This event is open to press, and registration is required to attend.

For media inquiries or requests for interviews, please contact Kyu Lee ([email protected]) or Genna Morton ([email protected]).

For more information about the event, please contact [email protected].