CO2RE is the UK’s national research hub on Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR).

Funded by UKRI, at CO2RE we conduct research on Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR), co-ordinate demonstration projects around the UK, connect to other national and international programmes and commission grants through a flexible fund. 

What we do

We are conducting cross-cutting research on the environmental, economic, social, cultural, ethical, legal and governance issues around GGR and co-ordinating across the national programme.

Who we are

CO2RE is a group of researchers and the co-ordinating Hub of the GGR-D Programme, the largest GGR programme funded by the UK government to date. 

How we work

CO2RE is led by evidence and expertise, and values co-creation, engagement, diversity and inclusion. Responsible innovation is central to our approach.

What is CO2RE?

Funded through the UKRI SPF Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrators (GGR-D) Programme, CO2RE co-ordinates the Programme and conducts solutions-led research to evaluate a balanced portfolio of economically, socially and environmentally scalable GGR options, with associated policy design, engagement and outreach.

This will enable the UK to lead internationally on achieving global net-zero emissions, consistent with the Paris Agreement. Backed by seven institutions and led by the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, this is the largest GGR programme funded by the UK government to date. Read more about the programme.

Events

GGR Demonstrators Workshop: Building a community of social scientists
GGR Demonstrators Workshop: Building a community of social scientists

Event date - October 21, 2024

On Monday 21 October, the CO2RE Hub will host an internal workshop at Aston University in Birmingham. Read more

Goodbye Greenhouse Gas! @ The Old Fire Station
Goodbye Greenhouse Gas! @ The Old Fire Station

Event date - June 20, 2024

Join us for an evening of fun and learning on Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) at the Old Fire Station in Oxford Read more

3rd International Conference on Negative CO₂ Emissions
3rd International Conference on Negative CO₂ Emissions

Event date - June 18, 2024

CO₂RE is hosting the 3rd International Conference on Negative CO₂ Emissions Read more

News and blogs

Grounded podcast wins Gold at the Signal Awards
Grounded podcast wins Gold at the Signal Awards

The Grounded podcast, which tells the story of the Restord biochar start-up, has won Gold in the Sustainability and Environment ... Read more

Reaction to the Autumn Budget 2024
Reaction to the Autumn Budget 2024

On Wednesday 30 October, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves set out the Labour government's first budget. In response, ... Read more

Now is the time to provide evidence to inform IPCC carbon removal reporting standards
Now is the time to provide evidence to inform IPCC carbon removal reporting standards

This blog was written by Dr Steve Smith, CO2RE Executive Director, and Freya Chay, Program Lead at CarbonPlan. It was originally ... Read more

Future GGR Leaders Dive Deep into Land-Based Removal Techniques at Wales Roadshow
Future GGR Leaders Dive Deep into Land-Based Removal Techniques at Wales Roadshow

The Network visited research sites across Wales to gain deeper insights into the challenges and opportunities for land-based ... Read more

Curiosity, Learning, and Dialogue on Greenhouse Gas Removal
Curiosity, Learning, and Dialogue on Greenhouse Gas Removal

Image in header by Woven Ink Studio By Umme Hani Imani Despite its rapidly growing influence in climate science and policy, ... Read more

CO2RE Hosts the 3rd International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions
CO2RE Hosts the 3rd International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions

Hundreds of people gathered in Oxford and online last month for the 3rd International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions. The ... Read more

Delivering Greenhouse Gas Removal in the UK: Priorities for the government
Delivering Greenhouse Gas Removal in the UK: Priorities for the government

Greenhouse gas removals (GGR) will play an increasingly important role in reducing net zero emissions in the near term, ... Read more

Job: Innovation Platform Manager – The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub (NOW CLOSED)
Job: Innovation Platform Manager – The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub (NOW CLOSED)

Applications for this role are now closed.  Do you want to work in climate innovation? Apply to play a central role in establishing ... Read more

9 ways to remove carbon dioxide from the air
9 ways to remove carbon dioxide from the air

This story, published by CO2RE and Imperial College London with support from the Grantham Institute, takes you on a journey through a range of techniques to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. Written by George Hope and Philippa Westbury, it references some of the demonstrators who are at the forefront of the field. Read more

Modelling ocean alkalinity enhancement to combat climate change
Modelling ocean alkalinity enhancement to combat climate change

Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) offers significant potential for carbon removal, but effective modeling, such as the Lagrangian approach proposed in this blog by Rachel White and Steve Rackley, is essential to understand its impact on CO2 drawdown and inform real-world applications. Read more

Research funding: Enhancing durability and realising GGR synergies (NOW CLOSED)
Research funding: Enhancing durability and realising GGR synergies (NOW CLOSED)

NOW CLOSED. CO2RE's Pathfinders competition call 3 is seeking to fund around four projects to research enhancing durability of storage ... Read more

CO2RE funds new approaches in methane and ocean Greenhouse Gas Removal
CO2RE funds new approaches in methane and ocean Greenhouse Gas Removal

This article announces the winners of Pathfinders Call 2, a CO2RE competition to fund new approaches in methane and ocean Greenhouse Gas Removal Read more

Regulating removals: 3 ways to improve the EU’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification legislation
Regulating removals: 3 ways to improve the EU’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification legislation

Luka Štrubelj writes about a new CO2RE commentary that proposes improvements to the EU's for a Regulation establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals Read more

Not all carbon removals are created equally. Here’s how to govern carbon dioxide removal permanence
Not all carbon removals are created equally. Here’s how to govern carbon dioxide removal permanence

In this blog post Josh Burke and Felix Schenuit explain how the permanence of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) should be governed. Read more

Unlocking the challenges of Monitoring, Reporting and Verification in GGR: Insights from CO2RE’s workshop
Unlocking the challenges of Monitoring, Reporting and Verification in GGR: Insights from CO2RE’s workshop

Earlier this summer, CO2RE researchers Dr Sue Rodway-Dyer and Professor Joanna House from the University of Bristol convened a workshop on MRV for GGR. Some reflections are shared here. Read more

Radical approach: Harnessing chlorine radicals from seawater for methane removal
Radical approach: Harnessing chlorine radicals from seawater for methane removal

By Dr Qingchun Yuan, Aston University. Qing is principal investigator of a CO2RE-funded project investigating diffuse methane removal and remediation by engineering chlorine radicals. Read more

New funding and support for Greenhouse Gas Removal start-ups
New funding and support for Greenhouse Gas Removal start-ups

CO2RE is working with The Greenhouse at Undaunted to provide funding and support for Greenhouse Gas Removal start-ups Read more

Enzymes: Could they speed up the storing of carbon in the Earth’s crust?
Enzymes: Could they speed up the storing of carbon in the Earth’s crust?

In this blog post, Professor Craig Storey of the University of Portsmouth explores whether enzymes could be the catalyst to speed up the reactions between pumped CO2 and basalts in cold areas of the Earth’s crust. Craig leads a CO2RE Pathfinders project. Read more

Who is buying Greenhouse Gas Removal credits and does it matter?
Who is buying Greenhouse Gas Removal credits and does it matter?

Josh Burke and Sam Fankhauser ask how we can build momentum and scale in the GGR industry - an industry that should be kept as small as possible Read more

Creating Principles for Credible GGR: Insights from CO2RE’s co-creation workshops
Creating Principles for Credible GGR: Insights from CO2RE’s co-creation workshops

In this blog post, we discuss creating the Principles for Credible Greenhouse Gas Removal through CO2RE’s co-creation workshops Read more

‘Large gap’ between planned Carbon Dioxide Removal and what is needed to limit global warming, finds new report co-led by CO2RE researchers
‘Large gap’ between planned Carbon Dioxide Removal and what is needed to limit global warming, finds new report co-led by CO2RE researchers

By George Hope A new report, The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal, finds that we are not on track to scale Carbon Dioxide Removal ... Read more

Building the new GGR industry: What roles for the government and private sector?
Building the new GGR industry: What roles for the government and private sector?

Building the new Greenhouse Gas Removal industry: What roles for the government and private sector? Read more

Field notes from an assembly of Greenhouse Gas Removal demonstrators
Field notes from an assembly of Greenhouse Gas Removal demonstrators

Dr Laurie Waller writes from a researcher workshop in Manchester on Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR). He finds how field experiments often have a distinctive social life of their own and discusses how engagement with publics will likely prove crucial to the responsible innovation of GGR. Read more

Live in London: CO2RE experts feature on The Carbon Removal Show podcast
Live in London: CO2RE experts feature on The Carbon Removal Show podcast

The folks from The Carbon Removal Show (TCRS) podcast joined our recent UK GGR Event: Current Innovations and Future Directions, to ... Read more

CO2RE funds four innovative GGR projects
CO2RE funds four innovative GGR projects

CO2RE, the Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, is funding four innovative projects to explore new methods for capturing greenhouse gases and ... Read more

Six key takeaways from the UK GGR Event
Six key takeaways from the UK GGR Event

The two-day flagship event showcased the latest GGR research and innovation, highlighting its role in effective, sustainable and equitable climate action. Read more

Societal input is crucial if we are to scale up new climate tech
Societal input is crucial if we are to scale up new climate tech

Societal input is crucial if we are to scale up net zero energy and new technologies for carbon dioxide removal. In doing so, we can build more democratic, acceptable and intelligent technological designs for everyone. Read more

UN climate report states need for carbon removal – CO2RE experts outline the key issues
UN climate report states need for carbon removal – CO2RE experts outline the key issues

The UN's IPCC climate report acknowledges the need for carbon dioxide removal to tackle climate change – CO2RE experts outline key issues to consider Read more

CO2RE Executive Director’s evidence cited in MPs’ letter to BEIS Minister
CO2RE Executive Director’s evidence cited in MPs’ letter to BEIS Minister

CO₂RE Executive Director Dr Steve Smith has been cited in a letter sent by the influential Environmental Audit Committee to Business ... Read more

GGR is going to be key for climate. Here’s how our research programme is helping lead the way
GGR is going to be key for climate. Here’s how our research programme is helping lead the way

What needs to be done to build this burgeoning industry, and how CO2RE is helping the UK lead the way. Read more

Hub Executive Director gives oral evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee
Hub Executive Director gives oral evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee

Steve Smith provides information on Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) Read more

CO2 removal is essential to achieving net zero
CO2 removal is essential to achieving net zero

Cleaning up waste may not sound like the most exciting, cutting-edge area of innovation. But, in the context of climate action, it is an entirely accurate description. Read more

Climate change: Six priorities for pulling carbon out of the air
Climate change: Six priorities for pulling carbon out of the air

Scientists leading national greenhouse gas removal hub sketch out six priorities to get removals right. Read more

Major £30 million official backing for Oxford-led Greenhouse Gas Removal Programme
Major £30 million official backing for Oxford-led Greenhouse Gas Removal Programme

The CO2RE Hub has been chosen to probe innovative ways of removing greenhouse gases to help to stabilise the climate. Read more

UK invests over £30m in large-scale greenhouse gas removal
UK invests over £30m in large-scale greenhouse gas removal

Research teams across the UK will investigate the viability of five innovative methods of large-scale greenhouse gas (GHG) removal from the atmosphere. Read more

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