BONUS EPISODE-Carbon Removal Day Panel: Lucy Hargreaves, Daniel Kelter, Jorden Dye

There’s something in Carbon Removal for everyone — are we building enduring relationships to advance the sector?

On February 27, 2025, EvC co-host Ed Whittingham hosted a panel discussion at Carbon Removal Canada's Carbon Removal Day in Ottawa. They cover a number of topics including the changing political headwinds in the US, efforts to bolster investment in Canada, and silicon valley's interest in CDR. Plus, they take a few audience questions.

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Show Notes:

(00:14) Carbon Removal Canada’s Carbon Removal Day

(00:36) Lucy Hargreaves - Patch

(00:36) Daniel Kelter - Carbon Removal Canada

(00:36) Jorden Dye - Pembina Institute

(02:08) Paris Climate Agreement

(02:54) Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hubs

(04:00) Low-carbon Fuel Procurement Program (LCFPP)

(04:36) Jim Mann - Founder of UNDO

(06:14) STRATOS by 1PointFive

(06:33) “U.S. tariffs send business, markets into turmoil” by Chris Hannay, Globe and Mail

(07:45) Mark Carney - Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

(11:31) Advanced Market Commitment

(11:56) Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Centre

(12:21) “Only 0.5% of Companies with SBTi Targets Have Purchased Carbon Removal” by Robert Höglund, Marginal Carbon

(14:34) Chris Lindberg - Centre for Greening Government at Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

(14:43) “Government of Canada commits to purchase carbon dioxide removal services to green government operations and achieve net-zero emissions” by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

(15:14) Carbon Catalyst Hosted by the Pembina Institute’s CDR Centre on April 30, 2025

(17:09) “Global Investment in the Energy Transition Exceeded $2 Trillion for the First Time in 2024, According to BloombergNEF Report”

(17:35) Dave Hockhalter, CDR Associate, Advance Carbon Removal

(17:35) Carlos Pena, CDR Associate, Nexus Climate & Energy Storage

(17:35) J.P. Jepp, Principal, Nexus Climate & Energy Strategy

(19:09) Frontier - Advance market commitment to buy an initial $1B+ of permanent carbon removal between 2022 and 2030

(23:35) Noah Deich, Climate Fellow, Stripe

(23:39) Stripe

(36:26) Isometric - High quality carbon credits, backed by science

(36:43) World Economic Forum

(36:43) Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative

(36:43) ICVCM

(42:12) “Cold effect: Tech that can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in even the chilliest climates. Ottawa-based startup TerraFixing gears up for the first deployment of its direct air capture technology.” by Howard Akler, The Toronto Star

(46:08) Build Canada

(46:08) scrubbingthesky.com

About Our Guests:

Lucy Hargreaves is the VP of Corporate Affairs & Policy at Patch, a SF-based carbon markets platform that’s accelerating investment into global climate action at scale. Beyond her work at Patch, Lucy is part of the core team driving Build Canada and Canada Spends, volunteer-led initiatives focused on helping Canadian entrepreneurs share their ideas for a bolder, richer, freer country and making government spending more accessible and transparent.

Daniel Kelter is Carbon Removal Canada’s Director of Government Relations, a strategic policy advisor who excels at connecting political insight with industry challenges. With experience working alongside Members of Parliament and navigating the intricacies of hard-to-decarbonize sectors like fertilizer and steel, Daniel has been instrumental in crafting advocacy strategies that forge strong government-industry partnerships."

Jorden Dye is the director for the Business Renewables Centre-Canada and the Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Centre, both initiatives of the Pembina Institute focused on accelerating climate action through corporate procurement. His work includes leading a community of over 60 participating organizations across Canada to spur renewable energy development and developing educational resources to introduce carbon dioxide removal to new audiences.

About Your EvC Co-Hosts:

David Keith is Professor and Founding Faculty Director, Climate Systems Engineering Initiative at the University of Chicago. He is the founder of Carbon Engineering and was formerly a professor at Harvard University and the University of Calgary. He splits his time between Canmore and Chicago.

Sara Hastings-Simon studies energy transitions at the intersection of policy, business, and technology. She’s a policy wonk, a physicist turned management consultant, and a professor at the University of Calgary and Director of the Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Development.

Ed Whittingham is a clean energy policy/finance professional specializing in renewable electricity generation and transmission, carbon capture, carbon removal and low carbon transportation. He is a Public Policy Forum fellow and formerly the executive director of the Pembina Institute, a national clean energy think tank.

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