Rock Solid Removal: Inside the Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) Playbook | A London Climate Action Week Special
Join us for an intimate, high-impact fireside chat during London Climate Action Week exploring the real-world challenges, breakthroughs, and funding conversations around Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW)
Enhanced Rock Weathering is racing from small trials to multi-kilotonne deployment—but the pathway still faces three big unknowns: durable MRV, bankable risk, and cost-down capital.
This fireside brings together ERW scientists, operators, and financing specialists to unpack:
Field-scale data on weathering rates and co-benefits
How registries are setting permanence & leakage rules
Structuring risk (insurance, pre-pays, credit) for the first million tonnes
No slide decks, just candid questions and on-the-ground insight for anyone serious about scaling mineral CDR.
Expect:
Lightning panel insights from startup operators & funders
Interactive breakout prompts & small group reflection
What funders & financiers really want to know
Open Q&A + space to connect after
Whether you're new to this space or deep in the weeds, we’d love to have you join the conversation.
🎤 Confirmed Speakers
Katie Earl – Senior Product Manager at Isometric, building science-based tools that turn rigorous carbon data into better decisions 🌱
Xinran Liu – Director of Science, Research & Innovation at UNDO; Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh; Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society — leading field-scale ERW research 🔬
Tom Merriman – Co-founder of Kita, the carbon insurance specialist, enabling high-quality carbon projects to scale by offering insurance products that reduce carbon risk. 📄🛡️
Ashish Kumar – Strategic Advisor at Mati (ERW) and long-time impact-investing voice, translating climate outcomes into investable opportunities 💰🌍
Date & Time (TBC):
🗓️ Tuesday 24th June, London Climate Action Week
🕒 2:30–5:00 PM BST
📍 Central London
Who’s It For:
Climate tech founders & builders
Corporate buyers & sustainability leads
Climate finance professionals
Scientists & systems thinkers
🥐 About the Series
This event is part of the Carbon Removal Breakfast Club series, curated by Seoi.Cure CDR—a platform bridging innovation and finance to help carbon removal developers become financing-ready.
🏛 Venue Partner — Planet Mark
Planet Mark is a London-based sustainability certification and net-zero advisor that has helped 800+ organisations measure, reduce, and verify their whole-business or building life-cycle carbon since 2013. In January, Planet Mark launched a first-of-its-kind Net Zero Certification Programme, recognised as a Co-operative Climate Initiative on the UN’s Global Climate Action Portal.
We’re grateful to Planet Mark for sponsoring the Attenborough Room and keeping this session free to attend.