Achieving deep decarbonization across sectors—such as oil & gas, mining, steel, cement, aviation, shipping, and chemicals—requires rapidly scaling carbon management technologies (CCUS, BECCS, DAC) from pilot stage to commercial viability. International experience shows that regulatory clarity, robust carbon pricing, blended finance structures, and cross-sector collaboration are essential enabling conditions for this transition. Well-designed CCUS hubs and supportive policy frameworks can significantly reduce risks and costs, unlock private investment, and accelerate deployment.

This Roundtable Series is conceived as a three-step process to engage stakeholders and promote action on the road to COP30 and beyond. The first Roundtable, to be held in New York in September 2025, will convene a select group of leaders to identify financing gaps, regulatory needs, and enabling conditions for mainstreaming carbon management technologies. Its outcomes will produce actionable insights and recommendations on financing and regulatory frameworks to enable large-scale adoption, with a focus on de-risking investments, turning carbon capture into viable business models, and aligning corporate, financial, and public-sector strategies with COP30 goals. These findings will be consolidated into a Policy & Investment Brief, which will feed into the second Roundtable in Brasília and serve as a key input for stakeholder mobilization at COP30.

Partnership: Equinor, COP30 Presidency, SB COP, APCO

Participants:

• Rafaela Guedes, Senior Fellow at CEBRI and International Consultant at APCO
• Evelyn Balassiano, Partner in the Energy, Infrastructure, Project and Asset Finance Practice at White & Case LLP
• Davi Bomtempo, Environment and Sustainability Superintendent at CNI
• Nicole Monge, Senior Director at APCO
• Mariana Espécie (ONLINE), Member of the Energy Diplomacy Team for COP30 and Special Advisor, Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy
• Ricardo Mussa, Chair of the SB COP30
• Jarad Daniels, CEO of the Global CCS Institute
• Hilde Roed, Senior Vice President Climate & Sustainability at Equinor