At RBC’s 2024 Carbon Conference, Sarah Thompson, Global Head of Sustainable Finance at RBC Capital Markets, sat down with Lee Hodgkinson, Head of Sustainability and Technical Services, Dream, and Maxime Cossette, SVP, Kruger, to discuss their roles in the net zero community, Zibi.

At RBC’s Carbon Markets Conference in partnership with ClearBlue Markets, Sarah Thompson, Global Head of Sustainable Finance at RBC Capital Markets, sat down with Deep Sky’s Chief Carbon Scientist, Phil De Luna, to discuss the role of carbon capture and removal in meeting the climate challenge.

Investors and corporates continue to advance their sustainability strategies despite an increasingly complex and dynamic macroeconomic, geopolitical and policy landscape. What are some of the key challenges and opportunities they will face in the year ahead?

In this episode of RBC Capital Markets’ Powering Sustainable Ideas, Global Head of Sustainable Finance Sarah Thompson discusses the themes shaping the market with U.S. and Europe Heads, Moses Choi and Stefano Vitali.

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Inefficiencies in carbon capture technologies and historically challenging economics have so far hampered their widespread adoption. ION Clean Energy aims to change that with big ambitions for its proprietary tech and is forging alliances to make it happen. CEO Tim Vail explains the company’s vision to RBC's Jonathan Sisto, Managing Director, Energy Transition Investment Banking, in this episode Powering Sustainable Ideas.

The global energy transition may be buffeted by political winds, but its progress is unstoppable. With new data revealing investment soared past $2 trillion in 2024, how can innovative companies position themselves for a piece of the pie this year? Ralph Ibendahl, Global Head of Energy Transition Banking, offers his latest insights on the next stage of energy transition in conversation with Trevor Gardner, Head of Global Banking Coverage.

At the recent Energy Disruptors UNITE Summit, Damien Steel, CEO of Deep Sky, spoke about the promise of carbon removal technology, and why he believes Canada can become the global epicenter of the carbon removal industry.

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Canada has set ambitious net zero goals in the years leading up to 2050. Nuclear power

produces no carbon emissions and provides reliable, low-cost energy, making it an

important part of the energy mix that will lead to a more sustainable future.

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While artificial intelligence is poised to change many aspects of our lives, it will also require an enormous amount of energy. How will we balance the demands of decarbonization, affordability, and reliability while meeting these increased energy needs?

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Since 2020, a host of carbon reduction companies have emerged to support

net zero efforts. Their challenge is not only to prove their technologies are

effective, but to achieve enough scale to make themselves price-competitive. In

this episode of RBC Capital Markets’ Powering Sustainable Ideas podcast, host

Brian Hong meets CarbonRun: a river deacidification company that believes it

can crack the market.

At RBC’s Battery Value Chain Conference, Tom Narayan, Global Autos and Auto Parts Analyst, hosts a group of industry experts to discuss the evolution of battery technologies and chemistries.