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What's Working in CDR: A Financier Roundtable

22 September 2026New York, USA
Carbonaires at New York Climate Action Week — investor roundtable on what's working in CDR finance, Climate Week NYC 2026

An invitation-only roundtable at Climate Week NYC on financing carbon removal: the deals that are closing, the structures that scale, and the demand behind them.

About the Roundtable

While much of the sector debates what is still missing, the deals have quietly started closing. This session convenes investors and lenders around what is working in CDR finance today, and how we scale it together.

This is a working session, not a panel. Philip Lee LLP and Milkywire's Robert Höglund join as knowledge partners, contributing to the briefings and discussions. It is held under the Chatham House Rule.

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The Briefings

Three short briefings open the session, each setting up a strand of the discussion.

From interest to bankable offtake. How recent net-zero standards, the EU's ETS review and wider corporate signals are maturing CDR demand, with first learnings from our offtake-backed RFP on where the market stands.
Streamlining transaction flows. A legal lens on building a standard deal cadence from term sheet to close: process, timelines and bringing funders into offtake negotiations early. With Philip Lee.
Rethinking CDR's role in net-zero. Milkywire's Robert Höglund pushes the boundaries of current thinking: retiring the idea of 'residual emissions' and making the case for operational net-zero in corporate targets.

Roundtable Discussion Topics

The discussion is organised around three questions drawn from deals that have actually closed.

The deals that are closing. Which contract features now repeat across closed deals, and how risk is shared between developer, buyer, financier and insurer.
Structures that scale. From first-of-a-kind to repeatable: which financing structures are ready to run again, and what brings debt in at scale.
Underwriting demand. What is already priceable and at what discount, and what converts the next tier of demand fastest.

Insights will feed a Carbonaires briefing paper on what's working in CDR finance, published ahead of COP31. No participant or organisation is named in it.

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Invitation only · capacity is limited

Agenda

An afternoon session, followed by a drinks reception.

15:45 Arrival and refreshments
16:00 Welcome and framing
16:15 Three briefings
17:00 Roundtable discussions
17:45 Takeaways and close
18:00 Drinks and networking

Format and Ground Rules

The session is held under the Chatham House Rule: participants are free to use what is said, but nothing is attributed to any speaker or organisation.

Attendance is by invitation and capacity is limited. Requests are reviewed individually to keep the room balanced across the investor, lender and buyer side of the market.

Venue and Timings

Venue

Union Square, New York. The exact venue is shared with guests on confirmation.

Date

Tuesday 22 September 2026, during Climate Week NYC.

Time

16:00 to 19:00 EDT, with drinks from 18:00.

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