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Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) in the UK: People, places and procedures – lessons from the St Ives mCDR experience

by Admin | Sep 17, 2025

This report collates discussions and findings from two engagements undertaken by CO2RE in St Ives, Cornwall in December 2024 and June 2025. The aim of the engagements was to learn from St Ives residents about their experience of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR)....

Carbon removal support is tempered by concerns over whether biological methods are worth it

by Admin | Aug 28, 2025

Biological carbon removal has been proposed as a ‘win-win’ for climate, sustainability and public opinion, but research on public perceptions is lacking explicit evidence on trade-offs between options. This article explores perceptions using small group deliberation...

Larger rock extraction sites could improve the efficiency of enhanced rock weathering in the United Kingdom

by Caroline Kennedy | Aug 15, 2025

Large-scale removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is required to meet net-zero targets. Enhanced rock weathering, in which crushed silicate minerals are spread on cropland soils, is a promising approach, but the logistics of its supply chain are poorly...

Beyond public acceptance: Towards systemic societal responsiveness of net zero infrastructures

by Caroline Kennedy | Aug 12, 2025

Whilst dominant science-policy framings focus on getting publics to accept widespread infrastructural changes deemed necessary for net zero, social science scholarship has argued for the need to move ‘beyond acceptance’. In this paper we advance on existing studies...

‘Who Should Pay?’ Public Preferences for Carbon Dioxide Removal Policy in the United Kingdom

by Admin | Aug 5, 2025

This brief presents the results from the first national survey on public preferences for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) policy in the United Kingdom. To meet the UK’s national net zero target, the UK must scale CDR methods to remove 66 million tonnes of CO2 annually by...

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