The Carbon Managers: Modelling Possible Pathways for the EU Chemical Sector’s Transition Towards Climate Neutrality and Circularity with IC2050

December 9th 2024 1:00 pm
Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, 1040 Brussels

Overview

As part of our ongoing efforts to support the clean and digital transition of the chemical sector, Cefic has launched a major project to model the sector’s journey towards climate neutrality and circularity. The iC2050 model is a unique tool designed to outline and demonstrate feasible pathways towards this goal. It generates scenarios to help identify cost-effective strategies for reducing emissions and informs chemical companies’ strategies within a broader sectoral context.

This project, initiated a few years ago, is now reaching a critical milestone. On December 9th, Cefic will unveil an extensive report that presents our findings through a detailed Base Case scenario, followed by a series of sensitivity analyses exploring different levels of ambition and enabling frameworks.

During this event, you will hear about:

  • Key technologies and abatement solutions for the chemical sector to become climate-neutral and circular
  • The important role that carbon plays in our value chains and how the industry is working to ensure its sustainable use
  • Key enablers for the transformation of chemical value chains

Program

13.00 – 14.00

Registration & Lunch

14.00 – 14.30

Introduction

  • Mark Williams, Chairman of the iC2050 Project Steering Group, Cefic

Keynote speech:

  • Kurt Vandenberghe, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) , European Commission

14.30 – 15.15

Presentation of the iC2050 model and outcome including Q&A:

  • Florie Gonsolin, Director Industrial Transformation Projects, Cefic
  • Hadi Yassin, Climate & Energy Modelling Officer, Cefic

15.15   – 16.15

Panel discussion:

  • Karlo van Dam, Director of Sustainable Industry, Ministry of Climate and Green Growth, Government of the Netherlands
  • Michael Carus, Founder and Managing Director nova-Institute / Executive Manager RCI, Nova Institute
  • Jelena Macura, Vice President Sustainable Capital Markets at ING
  • Johanna Lehne, Associate Director, Clean Economy, E3G 
  • Kiki Crombag, Sr. Manager Sustainability Policy and Advocacy Europe, Corporate Sustainability, Sabic 

16.15   – 16.30

Closing remarks:

  • Marco Mensink, Director General of Cefic

Moderator: Camilla Martelli, Executive Director Public Affairs, Cefic

We look forward to sharing our insights and discussing pathways to a climate-neutral and circular future for the chemical sector.

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