Past Events

12th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM12)

 Virtual
 May 31, 2021 - 12:00 am – Jun 6, 2021 - 11:59 pm

Join our VP of Strategy & Stakeholder Relations, Beth (Hardy) Valiaho, who will be speaking alongside several climate action experts about the importance of large-scale CCS/CCUS to meet climate targets at CEM12! The government of Chile will host the 12th Clean Energy Ministerial meeting (CEM 12/ MI-6) event from May 31 to June 6, 2021, This clean energy festival will bring you the latest on clean energy developments across various sectors - across the world.

The event will be 100% virtual, delivering content in different formats. Through an online platform, the audience will be able to access on-demand content for a week, watch live events and create extensive networking.

The CEM CCUS Initiative is also happy to announce the following carbon capture content at CEM-12:

  1. High-level fireside chat: Accelerating CCUS
  2. CCUS 101: How is CO2 captured and stored?
  3. Stakeholder Testimonies: How can my organisation accelerate CCUS?
  4. CEM-12 Library: various CCUS documents


CCUS speaker line-up at CEM-12:

  • JENNIFER GRANHOLM, Energy Secretary, United States 
  • SUHAIL AL MAZROUEI, Energy Minister, United Arab Emirates 
  • BAS VAN 'T WOUT, Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, Netherlands 
  • VICKI HOLLUB, President & CEO, Occidental Petroleum 
  • ZOË KNIGHT, Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance, HSBC 
  • KHALID ABULEIF, Chief Climate Negotiator, Saudi Arabia 
  • ANDERS HOFFMANN, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Denmark 
  • BRAD PAGE, CEO, Global CCS Institute 
  • SAM MCCULLOCH, Head of CCUS, IEA 
  • TIM DIXON, General Manager, IEAGHG 
  • YONGPING ZHAI, Energy Sector Chief, Asian Development Bank 
  • BETH VALIAHO, Vice-President, International CCS Knowledge Centre 
  • ALLARD CASTELEIN, CEO, Port of Rotterdam 
  • FIONA WILD, Vice-President, BHP | Management of Global Cement and Concrete Association

CEM CCUS Initiative leads:

  • STIG SVENNINGSEN, Norway 
  • HAMOUD OTAIBI, Saudi Arabia 
  • JARAD DANIELS, United States 

Register: https://cem12mi6chile.com/