Welcome and Introduction

• Dirk Sachse (GFZ)
• Gesine Mollenhauer (AWI)

- Current status of the SynCom Project and plan for the next two days.

Public perception and acceptance of Carbon Dioxide Removal

• Danny Otto (UFZ)

Presentation and discussion

NGO perspective on CDR

• Fabian Liss (Bellona)
• Allanah Paul (Bellona)

Presentation and discussion

Report of the three SynCom CDR activities

• all participants

- Outcomes of the parliamentary breakfast - Progress of the synthesis paper - Status quo of the expertise mapping

How should we continue the exchange within the CDR project consortium?

• all participants

- CTA, Helmholtz KLIMA, third-party funding proposals

Helmholtz SynCom Networking Dinner on Carbon Dioxide Removal: Science meets Stakeholders - Launch of the CDR Expertise Mapping

• Rodrigo Valencia (GERICS/Hereon)

Stakeholders will be invited to this networking event to enable an exchange between industry, policy, and science. The event will start with the launch of the expertise mapping website.

Helmholtz SynCom Networking Dinner on Carbon Dioxide Removal: Science meets Stakeholders Dialogue and Dinner Stakeholders will have the opportunity to discuss relevant questions related to CDR with experts. Questions that will be discussed: - What is the perception of CDR in the German society? - acceptance - How can politics contribute to a responsible and effective application of carbon dioxide removal methods? And how can the ramp-up of technologies be achieved in a timely manner given the required quantities? - Why do we need Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) and what could be possible strategies to implement MRV systems? - What should be improved in collaboration with science and how can we connect start-ups with bigger players/larger companies for technology development? - What is our current state of research on CDR methods? - research perspectives, overview of different technologies (e.g. DACCS, BECCS, marine technologies etc.)

Recap day 1

• Gesine Mollenhauer (AWI)
• Dirk Sachse (GFZ)

mCDR

• Holger Brix (Hereon)
• Klas Ove Möller (Hereon)

Presentation and discussion

Networking session

• all participants

- possible starting points for future collaborations - upcoming projects - collecting research gaps

SynCom Project CDR at the General Assembly

• Dirk Sachse (GFZ)

- what will be presented? - who is going to present/participate?

Recap and Goodbye

• Dirk Sachse (GFZ)

Trip to NeoCarbon Room: Berlin-Lankwitz optional

Visiting NeoCarbon and their Direct Air Capture technology Room: Berlin-Lankwitz optional