by Helen Bunting | Jan 9, 2026
Achieving the net-zero target of the United Kingdom requires substantial greenhouse gas removal (GGR) in addition to emission reductions. Biochar, a stable carbon-rich material produced through biomass pyrolysis, is an established GGR method. Straw is abundantly...
by Helen Bunting | Dec 10, 2025
Demonstrating methods for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is now a focus of research and development programmes designed to support decision making about future technology deployment. In this perspective piece, we outline some of the approaches to...
by Caroline Kennedy | Oct 1, 2025
There is growing global interest in the potential for ecosystem markets to facilitate climate and nature recovery. Yet, poorly designed and operated markets are prone to corporate “greenwashing” and negative consequences for nature and local communities. With the...
by Helen Bunting | Sep 23, 2025
This paper analyses controversy over a marine carbon removal trial in St Ives Bay, UK, and how place-based demonstrations contested the proposed experiment and the affected public. Based on ethnographic research with communities mobilised by local protests, we examine...
