Financing Decarbonisation Ep31: Dr Nadine Moustafa & Paul Davies

Financing Decarbonisation Ep 31: Dr Nadine Moustafa & Paul Davies 

Is Carbon capture an investable industry, and can it be financeable? 

Host 

• Dr. Nadine Moustafa, Research Associate at Imperial, specialising in carbon management and decarbonisation technologies.  

Guest  

• Paul Davies - Director at 7CO2: The Severnside Carbon Capture and Shipping Hub 

Topics Discussed  

• Government's role in financing decarbonisation  
• The public and private sector contributions to decarbonisation industries  
• Innovation in carbon capture lending itself to investment  
• Policies and the market. 

Timecode & Chapters;  

00:02:21 – Introduction & Guest Background  

00:02:47 – What Makes Financing Decarbonization Different?  

00:03:53 – Role of Government & Carbon Pricing  

00:04:36 – Public-Private Collaboration  

00:06:19 – Evolving Risk & Government Support  

00:08:10 – Negative Emissions & Market Potential  

00:09:05 – Business Models for Carbon Capture  

00:11:24 – Infrastructure Scaling Challenges 

00:12:14 – Why CCS Projects Lag Behind  

00:14:03 – Government’s Role in Mitigating Risk  

00:15:25 – Financial Close & Project Rollout  

00:17:09 – Non-Pipeline Transport Solutions  

00:19:16 – Modular vs. Mega Projects  

00:21:29 – Importance of Long-Term Policy Signals  

00:23:01 – Sector-Specific Financing Opportunities  

00:25:10 – Aviation & Consumer Offsets  

00:27:36 – Revenue-Driven Sectors Will Lead  

00:28:13 – Cross-Sector Financing Mechanisms  

00:30:31 – Residual Emissions & Net Zero  

00:33:31 – Long-Term Use of Fossil Fuels  

00:34:39 – Advice for Stakeholders  

00:36:03 – The Magic Wand Question  

00:37:11 – Social Acceptability & Political Support  

00:38:23 – Closing Thoughts  

Nadine's links:

LinkedIn -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadine-moustafa-ph-d-5831a1a7/

Imperial profile - https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/n.mou... 

Paul's links:

7CO2: The Severnside Carbon Capture and Shipping Hub - https://www.7co2.co.uk LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-davies/  

Produced by Annemarie van Basten 

Annemarie Van Basten | LinkedIn 

Additional Links  

Other links: Energy Group - https://theenergygroup.uk/net-zero-st...  

Science based targets - https://sciencebasedtargets.org I 

PPC - https://www.ippc.int/en/  

CBAM - EU Carbon Boarder Adjustment Mechanism- https://www.mcgradyclarke.com/our-ser...