News & Events

On 16 September, Europe’s leading carbon removal non-profit organization held its first ever Carbon Removal Policy Summit in Brussels. With a general focus on the multi-level governance needs for carbon removal planning, CityCDR organized and moderated the local governance session.  Joining the conversation: • Christiaan Gevers Deynoot (moderator), Founder and Executive Director, City CDR Initiative Read More Carbon Removal Policy Summit: Local Governance Session – 16/9/2026

On June 22-24, the City CDR Initiative organized a closed-door workshop for local governments in Africa on CDR strategies at the Innovate4Cities Conference in Nairobi. The workshop was held in collaboration with the Kuehne Climate Center, Centre for Science and Technology Innovations (CSTI), Technical University of Mombasa, Ocean-Climate Innovation Hub Kenya, UN Environment Programme and Read More Carbon Removal Strategies for African Cities: Workshop on Carbon Removal in Urban Environments – 22-24/6/2026

CityCDR organized a closed-door workshop for local governments in Europe on CDR strategies. The workshop was organized in collaboration with XPRIZE and the City of Amsterdam, and brought together 18 European cities and provinces with ambitions to integrate carbon removal solutions in their urban planning and become Carbon Sink Cities.  This workshop was a first-of-its-kind Read More Carbon Removal Strategies for European Cities: Workshop on Carbon Removal in Urban Environments – 11-12/6/2026

CityCDR held a webinar with leading local governments, CDR experts and urban practitioners on how to turn cities into global climate restoration hotspots. Realizing Carbon Sink Cities can start today and can help realize more resilient and regenerative urban environments. Becoming a Carbon Sink City requires thinking of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) as more than Read More CityCDR webinar: How to Build Carbon Sink Cities – 4/7/2026

This November, Brazil is hosting the COP30. The City CDR Initiative is on the ground. We are organizing three events focusing on the urban CDR opportunity and how to unlock it at scale. We zoom in on multi-stakeholder governance, the urban carbon removal methods and deployment pathways, and the tools that local governments have to Read More Event series at COP30, Belém – 11/10-21/2025

On September 24th 2025, we are organizing a high-level event on ‘Reimagining Carbon Sink Cities: How to Catalyze Carbon Removal for Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Cities’. The event is organized in collaboration with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Conservation International, the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA), UN High-Level Climate Champions, and XPRIZE. At the event, Read More Mobilization event at Climate Week NYC, New York – 9/24/2025

On June 18th 2025, the City CDR Initiative gave a workshop on ‘Pioneering Urban Carbon Removal for a Positive Living Environment’ at the Annual Meeting of the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA) in Glasgow. CNCA is a supporting partner in the Initiative. The workshop focused on identifying critical levers and activation mechanisms to unlock city-led Read More Workshop at CNCA Annual Meeting, Glasgow – 6/18/2025

On 7 May 2025, our consortium partner South Pole hosted a workshop session in Vilnius on ‘Closing the Net-Zero Gap: Carbon Removal and BECCS in Cities’ in the context of the EU’s Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission conference organized by NetZeroCitiesEU. The Cities Mission is a leading public sector effort to unlock this opportunity. It Read More Workshop at NetZeroCities Conference, Vilnius – 5/7/2025