Funding the Future 2025
The Funding the Future 2025 summit brings together leaders, innovators, investors and policymakers to explore how carbon financing can unlock the promising potential of carbon removal for a sustainable future.
Morning: Cutting-Edge Innovations in Carbon Removal
The conference will kick off with a series of talks showcasing the diverse approaches to carbon removal. Topics will range from the potential of seaweed in carbon sequestration to the role of soil, buildings, and enhanced rock weathering. A panel discussion will dive deeper into the current state of carbon removal practices, highlighting real-world applications and innovations that are reshaping the field.
Late morning: Policy Integration and Government Support
As we move into the policy-focused sessions, key figures from regional and national governments will discuss how carbon removal fits within broader climate and sustainability goals. Presentations will cover provincial strategies, the Dutch national roadmap, and the EU's evolving carbon removal certification framework (CRCF). There will also be a focus on how public and private sectors can collaborate to scale up carbon removal efforts, including new funding mechanisms and policy initiatives.
Lunch: Speed dates
During lunch, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a dynamic speed-dating session, designed to foster networking and encourage meaningful connections. This interactive format allows participants to quickly exchange ideas and explore potential collaborations, creating an ideal environment for building relationships and discussing carbon removal solutions.
Noon: Finance Scaling Carbon Removal
In the afternoon, the focus will shift to the intersection of finance, policy, and the growth of carbon removal markets. Experts will discuss how to value and monetize carbon removal, with a particular emphasis on innovative finance mechanisms such as blending finance, advance market commitments, and the role of family offices and institutional investors. There will be in-depth discussions on how businesses can integrate carbon removal into their portfolios, including insights from large-scale investors, pension funds, and corporations.
Afternoon: Drinks and Walking Dinner
Throughout the day, there will be multiple opportunities for participants to connect through speed-dating sessions, panels, and networking events. The conference will close with a keynote on how to move from promises to market commitments, ensuring a future where carbon removal is a vital part of the global climate strategy. The evening will wrap up with drinks and a walking dinner, providing an opportunity to celebrate the progress made and continue the conversations on shaping the future of carbon removal.
The exact program and speakers will be announced soon. Pre-register here to be the first to receive all information.
The Funding the Future 2025 summit brings together leaders, innovators, investors and policymakers to explore how carbon financing can unlock the promising potential of carbon removal for a sustainable future.
9.00 - 11.00 Morning: Cutting-Edge Innovations in Carbon Removal
The conference will kick off with a series of talks showcasing the diverse approaches to carbon removal. Topics will range from the potential of seaweed in carbon sequestration to the role of soil, buildings, and enhanced rock weathering. A panel discussion will dive deeper into the current state of carbon removal practices, highlighting real-world applications and innovations that are reshaping the field.
11.00 - 12.00 Late morning: Policy Integration and Government Support
As we move into the policy-focused sessions, key figures from regional and national governments will discuss how carbon removal fits within broader climate and sustainability goals. Presentations will cover provincial strategies, the Dutch national roadmap, and the EU's evolving carbon removal certification framework (CRCF). There will also be a focus on how public and private sectors can collaborate to scale up carbon removal efforts, including new funding mechanisms and policy initiatives.
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch: Speed dates
During lunch, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a dynamic speed-dating session, designed to foster networking and encourage meaningful connections. This interactive format allows participants to quickly exchange ideas and explore potential collaborations, creating an ideal environment for building relationships and discussing carbon removal solutions.
14.00 - 16.30 Noon: Finance Scaling Carbon Removal
In the afternoon, the focus will shift to the intersection of finance, policy, and the growth of carbon removal markets. Experts will discuss how to value and monetize carbon removal, with a particular emphasis on innovative finance mechanisms such as blending finance, advance market commitments, and the role of family offices and institutional investors. There will be in-depth discussions on how businesses can integrate carbon removal into their portfolios, including insights from large-scale investors, pension funds, and corporations.
16.30 - 19.30 Afternoon: Drinks and Walking Dinner
Throughout the day, there will be multiple opportunities for participants to connect through speed-dating sessions, panels, and networking events. The conference will close with a keynote on how to move from promises to market commitments, ensuring a future where carbon removal is a vital part of the global climate strategy. The evening will wrap up with drinks and a walking dinner, providing an opportunity to celebrate the progress made and continue the conversations on shaping the future of carbon removal.
The exact program and speakers will be announced soon. Pre-register here to be the first to receive all information.
Climate Cleanup, founded in Amsterdam in 2018, is an independent non-profit organization implementing scalable, nature-based climate solutions to restore the Earth’s carbon balance. By considering CO2 as a resource and removing it naturally from the atmosphere and oceans, Climate Cleanup works towards a regenerative economy in which individuals, businesses and governments function and prosper within the planet’s limits. The organization is co-funded by members – from young people to parents and entrepreneurs to investors – who rely on the power of natural solutions to reverse the climate crisis. Climate Cleanup’s goal is to remove 1,500 gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere by doubling nature. www.climatecleanup.org
