The transition to a decarbonized economy and reduction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere represent a daunting and urgent challenge. While some possible solutions have been outlined, the implementation of most face technology and scientific issues. The Earth Science community might not be sufficiently aware of these issues and of how we could help address them, either with existing knowledge or targeted research. To enable a dialogue between the AGU community and stakeholders, we will invite speakers and panelists from industry and government agencies to share their views on what they consider to be the most important “rate limiting steps”. We envision a few keynote oral presentations followed by a panel discussion. The AGU community will be in a listening mode during that part of the session. AGU members can submit poster presentations to provide that stakeholders with a chance to see examples of research of relevance to their needs. We imagine that discussions will span issues related to CO2 capture and storage, CO2 removal from air, elimination of methane leaks, large scale implementation of renewable energy (geothermal, wind, hydro, biofuel), and expansion of nuclear power generation with effective waste management. We think the session should draw members from the AGU community at large. We anticipate that if this session is successful the AGU Fall meeting could become a place for more industry-academia interactions via standard technical sessions in future meetings.