Decarbonizing the future
at Davos 2025
“Being invited to Davos for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is a tremendous honor. It highlights the importance D-CRBN’s decarbonization mission and provides an incredible opportunity to showcase our CCU solutions on a global stage, connect with visionary leaders, and drive meaningful progress toward a sustainable, low-carbon future.”
– Gill Scheltjens, CEO D-CRBN
Follow or re-watch the Davos 2025 forum online
We’re invited to share our thoughts on decarbonizing the future and helping global leaders to see through the energy transition that is upon us. Follow the 2025 Davos forum here:
Day 5 | Friday
The week at Davos flew by. So many topics talks and people that are looking future forward. Great serendipity and fantastic connections made.
Today will be short but nevertheless a few must-sees, especially the future-looking topics. Check the official programme, and view your session of choice on the Davos live stream. The “what to know for day 5” by WEF can be found here.
We’re catching up on our messages and socials today and relive the highlights soon. We’ll try to get them to your inbox summarized coming week, as more press is being curious and interviewing us. Sign up for the newsletter to receive a summary and highlights later:
As Børge Brende (CEO World Economic Forum) said in his closing remarks: “We all realized this week at a time of immense consequences and uncertainty that everything is shifting under our feet. The clock is ticking to meet critical priorities: driving economic growth, reducing carbon emissions, finding ways to end conflict…”. We might need to adapt our practices: we need to be innovative and creative and work together. Even when nations compete, there is overlap in interests, and that is where we can make the world a better place.
hardware for good
scaling clean tech »
compete, but find overlap
thanks for #WEF25
thank you UpLink
thanks for reading
Day 4 | Thursday
Officially the most busy day for D-CRBN at the #WEF25. We’re invited to give our thoughts on decarbonisation in the studio interviews.
Later we’re presenting at the Uplink session: “unlocking scale through collaboration towards 2030”. Looking forward to the closing receptions to further learn from others what they’ve heard and seen.
Double check the official programme, and view your session of choice on the Davos live stream.
If you only want the highlights, scroll through: “what to know” for day 4 at Davos, or have a look through the mosaic below for more during the day.
today's breakfast
onto the forum »
in the hallways
special guest
invited to the studio
And we're live
decarbonisation
CCU technology
CO2 utilisation
between meetings
water flows & SDGs
global situation space
Saudi Arabia's Economic Shifts
re-imagining growth »
shape the future
Day 3 | Wednesday
Today we’re on the big stage, very much looking forward to be part of the panel for the “Open Forum: Powering Progress” (recording available). It’s a smart and diverse panel of speakers on stage to discuss “how the energy transition can be leveraged to overcome obstacles and ensure equitable energy access for all”.
Update: The word economic forum published a short video summary of my part here:
(*in the full video our panel starts at 11:47 after the interactive session.)
Double check the official programme, and view your session of interest on the Davos live stream.
Read up the “what to know” for day 3 at Davos. (it also does a nice recap).
onto the open forum
more about uplink »
speaker backstage
livestream here »
imagine 2050
Gill Scheltjens | D-CRBN »
between south & north
global south advantages
Stefanie Ólives | Brasilia Hub »
global south advantages
what about the industry?
how to collaborate?
collaboration examples
about global partnerships
energy equity reality
voice of the next generation
we need hardware solutions
wrapping up...
thanks for your questions
Day 2 | Tuesday
Today is packed full of sessions. We'll be facilitating ourselves in a unique CCU viability and technology workshop. Short summary for those who could not attend, as this was not recorded:
Many industries can shift to low-carbon alternatives, but some sectors such as fuels, chemicals, plastics,… face challenges in full decarbonization. These industries are now embracing carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technologies to capture & convert CO2 into valuable products.
The economics are immense: a $4.4 trillion opportunity for sustainable economic growth by preventing up to 27 gigatonnes of emissions annually by 2050. All this while advancing climate action.
After the session, we released our industry white-papers on the topic to estimate the potential for each. We’re crunching the numbers on the steel industry.
We'll cover the most interesting bits and bites of the day below as they happen from the first row for you.
Have a look at the official programme, and view your session of interest on the Youtube Davos live stream
Read up the “what to know” for day 2 at Davos. Looking forward to the decarbonization as a growth strategy.
D-CRBN CCU session
guests arriving
fantastic scenery
great weather
food for thought
the energy transition
#WEF2025
back to the sessions
AI and Robotics
why wait?
empowering dinners
more tomorrow »
Day #2 - wrapup
Today was Davos at full speed in all it’s glory. All the anticipation of yesterday resolved.
We had a blast on decarbonisation topics, growth and the energy transition upon us. See what other topics are coming in “Safeguarding the planet“.
Today was Davos at full speed in all it’s glory. All the anticipation of yesterday resolved.
Definitely check the programme to see what you might have missed or want to watch again and click through the online livestreams.
We had a blast on decarbonisation topics, growth and the energy transition upon us. See what other topics are coming in “Safeguarding the planet“.
I’m also super excited to be on the stage panel tomorrow for the “Open Forum: Powering Progress” Make sure to dial in at 12:30–13:45 CET for the livestream.
Day 1 | Monday
Good morning from Davos!
Excited to be at the Forum to connect with forward-thinking leaders to explore actionable solutions for fighting climate while going through our energy transition.
welcome
outside the venues
press setting up
Davos wakes up
uplink sessions
talk soon
visitors arriving
watch live online »
d-crbn session setup
come and listen
top innovators session
UAE exhibit
download the risk report »
risks per region
UN's year of the glacier
global risks #2 and #5 »
concert livestream »
Good night Davos
Belgium house @ Davos »
Belgium house
Day #1 - wrapup
Today was an anticipated arrival of a lot to come, some strong outside voices and a lot of behind-the-scene launches, like the global risk report which will be food for tomorrow’s packed programme of discussions.
We ended the evening at the Belgium House with a lot of international guests, truly an honor.