Hosted by the GGR-D programme, the UK GGR Event will bring together researchers and innovators from the programme with policymakers, businesses, NGOs, investors and others with an interest in greenhouse gas removal.
Day 2 of the event will focus on insights from the GGR-D programme and the impact of our research. It is open to GGR-D programme staff and stakeholders with an interest in GGR research developments and their implications for decision-makers.
The day will include four plenaries:
- Key findings from the GGR Demonstrators programme
- System Change and GGR-D programme impacts
- Global Growth: How the UK can add value
- Phase Shift: Where next for UK GGR?
We’re delighted that the following speakers will be joining us:
- Research leads from the GGR-D programme
- Dr Helen Czerski, physicist, oceanographer and broadcaster, and Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London
- Georgia Berry, CDR Director of the Green Finance Institute
- Asitava Sen, Co-Founder and CEO of Carbon Removal India Alliance
- Adam Vaughan, Environment Editor at The Times
- Professor Julia Pongratz, Professor for Physical Geography and Land Use Systems at LMU Munich and leader of the Joint Group “Land Use in the Earth System”
- Daisy Dunne, Associate Editor at Carbon Brief
- Dr Alan Whitehead CBE, Chair, Greenhouse Gas Removals Independent Review
- Dr David Joffe, Head of Secretariat, Independent Review of Greenhouse Gas Removals, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Dr Jonathan Scurlock FRSA, NFU Chief Adviser, Renewable Energy and Climate Change
- Dr Emily Nurse, Head of Net Zero, Climate Change Committee
- Noah Deich, Founder of Carbon180 and former Senior Advisor on CCUS and CDR policy, US Department of Energy
- Dr Andrew Lenton, Director of CSIRO’s CarbonLock
- Professor Jim Watson, Director of the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources and Professor of Energy Policy
- Alyssa Gilbert, Director of Undaunted and Director of Innovation, Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial
Parallel sessions will provide the opportunity for presentations and panel discussions on cross-cutting themes, including data and decision tools, public perceptions, field trials and MRV, regulation, business models, and skills and training.
Along with networking, there will also be the opportunity to explore artworks, exhibits, science demonstrations and posters related to our research and activities.
In addition, we are delighted that the Royal Institution has offered to showcase the original John Tyndall exhibits used to demonstrate the existence of greenhouse gas.
Please click this link to register.
