People

Executive Team

  • Oliver Geden

    German Institute for International and Security Affairs, SWP

  • Matthew J. Gidden

    International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA

  • William F. Lamb

    Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC

  • Jan C. Minx

    Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC

  • Gregory F. Nemet

    University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Stephen M. Smith

    University of Oxford

Lead Authors

  • Oliver Geden

    German Institute for International and Security Affairs, SWP

  • Matthew J. Gidden

    International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA

  • William F. Lamb

    Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC

  • Jan C. Minx

    Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC

  • Gregory F. Nemet

    University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Stephen M. Smith

    University of Oxford

  • Holly Buck

    University at Buffalo

  • Josh Burke

    Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics

  • Emily Cox

    University of Oxford

  • Morgan R. Edwards

    University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Sabine Fuss

    Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC

  • Injy Johnstone

    University of Oxford

  • Finn Müller-Hansen

    Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC

  • Julia Pongratz

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, LMU, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

  • Benedict S. Probst

    ETH Zurich, University of Cambridge, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

  • Stephanie Roe

    World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF

  • Felix Schenuit

    German Institute for International and Security Affairs, SWP

  • Ingrid Schulte

    Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC

  • Naomi E. Vaughan

    Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia

Co-Authors

  • Laura Diaz Anadon

    University of Cambridge

  • Stephanie Arcusa

    Arizona State University

  • Rob Bellamy

    University of Manchester

  • Annette Cowie

    New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, University of New England

  • Lushanya Dayathilake

    University of Oxford

  • Tim Engelmann

    ETH Zurich

  • Gaurav Ganti

    Climate Analytics

  • Thomas Gasser

    International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA

  • Giacomo Grassi

    Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission

  • Jenna Greene

    University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Tomoko Hasegawa

    Ritsumeikan University

  • Verena Hofbauer

    Carbon Gap

  • Volker Hoffmann

    ETH Zurich

  • Robert Höglund

    CDR.fyi

  • Dianne Hondeborg

    ETH Zurich

  • Kathleen M. Kennedy

    University of Maryland

  • Sarah Lück

    Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC

  • Tim Repke

    Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC

  • Leo Mercer

    Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics

  • Naser Odeh

    King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center 

  • Yuki Ochi

    E-Konzal

  • Roberto Pilli

    Consultant to the European Commission, Joint Research Centre

  • Rosa M. Roman-Cuesta

    Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission

  • Jessica Strefler

    Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, PIK

  • Kavita Surana

    Vienna University of Economics and Business

  • Masa Sugiyama

    University of Tokyo

  • Kristen Schell

    Carleton University

  • Clemens Schwingshackl

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, LMU

  • Harry Smith

    Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia

  • Malte Toetzke

    ETH Zurich

  • Zachary H. Thomas

    University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Nadine Walsh

    FernUniversität Hagen

  • Andrew Zaiser

    University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Qi Zheng

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, IISD

Project Team

  • Sarah Singleton

    PROJECT MANAGER

    University of Oxford

  • Nadia Schroeder

    INTERIM PROJECT MANAGER

    University of Oxford

  • Roz Pidcock

    STORYLINE EDITOR

    Exalt Editing

  • Kate Heath and Emily Youers

    LINE EDITORS

  • Emily Youers

    COPY EDITOR AND PROOREADER

  • Angela Morelli and Tom Gabriel Johansen

    VISUAL IDENTITY & EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FIGURES

    InfoDesignLab

  • Liliana Resende

    REPORT DESIGN

    University of Oxford

  • George Hope, Helen Bunting and Tom Pilsworth

    WEBSITE DESIGN &
    COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT

    University of Oxford

Edition 2 Reviewers

  • Chad M. Baum

    Aarhus University

  • David Ho

    [C]Worthy and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

  • Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf

    International and European Governance Ecologic Institute

  • Rebecca Colvin

    Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

  • Glen Peters

    CICERO, Center for International Climate Research

  • Sara Nawaz

    Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal, American University

  • Mercedes Bustamante

    Departamento de Ecologia Universidade de Brasília

  • Sandro Federici

    IGES

  • Katie Lebling

    World Resources Institute

  • Sophie Gill

    Isometric

  • Shinichiro Asayama

    National Institute for Environmental Studies

  • Mathias Fridahl

    Linköping University

  • Livia Fritz

    Aarhus University

  • Derik Broekhoff

    Stockholm Environment Institute

  • Wil Burns

    Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal, American University & Environmental Policy & Culture Program, Northwestern University

  • Ryan Hanna

    University of California

  • Vassilis Daioglou

    PBL Netherlands Environmental assessment Agency

  • Rory Jacobson

    Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, U.S. Department of Energy

  • Freya Chay

    Carbon Plan

  • Ajay Gambhir

    Systemic Risk Assessment, Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment

  • Lee Scott

    Trellis Climate

  • Kristin Jordal

    SINTEF

  • Soyoung Oh

    Tufts University

  • Andrew Lenton

    Permanent Carbon Locking Future Science Platform, CSIRO

  • Kim Wolske

    Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

  • Peter Lawrence

    Terrestrial Science Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research

  • Danny Otto

    Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research —UFZ

  • Francis X. Johnson

    Stockholm Environment Institute

  • Christine Merk

    Kiel Institute for the World Economy

  • Sasha Stashwick

    Carbon 180

  • Na'im Merchant

    Carbon Removal Canada

  • Andrea Bonzanni

    IETA

  • Mark Preston Aragonès

    Carbon Accounting, Bellona Europa

  • Paul D. Zakkour

    Carbon Counts

  • Kate Dooley

    University of Melbourne

  • Michel den Elzen

    PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

  • Annette Cowie

    NSW Department of Primary Industries/University of New England

  • Artur Runge-Metzger

    Fellow with MCC, former Director, European Commission, Directorate-General for Climate Action

  • Gideon Henderson

    UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Christian Holzleitner

    Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission

  • Helen Bray

    Puro.earth

  • Trigg Talley

    Climate Negotiations and Programs at U.S. Department of State

  • Jen Wilcox

    University of Pennsylvania

We also thank:

  • Richard A. Houghton and Andrea Castanho for providing the CDR data for the bookkeeping model H&C2023.

  • Federico Cristoforoni at Net Zero Insights for providing data on climate technology start-ups used in Chapter 3.

  • The International Biochar Initiative (IBI), the US Biochar Initiative (USBI), and the European Biochar Industry Consortium (EBI) for providing us with data related to global and regional biochar production levels.

  • Christiane Hamann and Evie Ackery for their support in screening and extracting findings from the perceptions literature on CDR in chapter 6.

  • Thorben Amann, John Couwenberg, Jo House, Claudia Kammann, Franziska Koebsch, Lara Meuleneers, Phil Renforth, Nir Reshef, Daniel Rezo, Hans-Peter Schmidt, Pete Smith, Daniela Thrän, Tiffany Troxler, and Sylvia Vetter for providing feedback and input on the table of monitoring, reporting, and verification tools and techniques in Chapter 10.