The UK GGR Event: Current Innovations and Future Directions
Thursday 12th May and Friday 13th May 2022
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Day One: Results from the GGR-A Programme and next steps for research
Thursday 12 May 2022
Day One focused on knowledge exchange between the two research programmes, involving academic researchers and programme stakeholders. It presented the main outcomes from the recently-completed Greenhouse Gas Removal Programme and included discussions on the next steps for GGR research and on pulling through knowledge for the new Greenhouse Gas Demonstrators Programme.
Day Two: The UK Greenhouse Gas Removal Landscape
Friday 13 May 2022
Day Two of the UK GGR Event connected policymakers, technology innovators, businesses, investors, environmental organisations and academics. It presented plans for the Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrators Programme and showcased the state-of-the art in GGR strategies in the UK, as well as bringing in perspectives from senior experts in other countries, including Germany and the US.
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Day One: Results from the GGR-A Programme and next steps for research
Welcome & introducing the GGR-A Programme
Dr Lizzie Garratt, NERC
Dr Phil Renforth, Heriot-Watt University
Professor Aidong Yang, University of Oxford
Feasibility of afforestation and BECCS for GGR (FAB-GGR)
Dr Nem Vaughan, University of East Anglia
Soils research to deliver greenhouse gas removals and abatement technologies (Soils-R-GGREAT)
Professor Pete Smith, University of Aberdeen
Comparative assessment and region-specific optimisation of Greenhouse Gas Removal
Dr Piera Patrizio, Imperial College London
Assessing the mitigation deterrence effects of GGRs (AMDEG)
Dr Nils Markusson, Lancaster University
Greenhouse gas removal in the land sector – addressing the gaps (GGRiLS-GAPS)
Dr Joanna House, University of Bristol
Co-delivery of food and climate regulation by temperate agroforestry (CALIBRE)
Dr Martin Lukac, University of Reading
New methodologies for removal of methane from the atmosphere
Professor Euan Nisbet, Royal Holloway
Metrics for emissions removal limits (MERLiN)
Professor Simon Tett, University of Edinburgh
Greenhouse Gas Removal in the iron and steel industry
Dr Phil Renforth, Heriot-Watt University
Harmonising and upgrading greenhouse gas removal consequential life cycle assessment (UP-green-LCA)
Professor Neil Harris, Cranfield University
Introduction to the Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrator Projects (GGR-D) and Q&A
Moderator: Dr Jennifer Swarbrick, BBSRC
Peatland restoration – Professor Chris Evans, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Enhanced rock weathering – Dr Chris Pearce, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Biochar – Professor Colin Snape, University of Nottingham
Woodland creation and management – Professor Ian Bateman, University of Exeter
Perennial biomass crops – Dr Jeanette Whitaker, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
CO2RE – Professor Cameron Hepburn, University of Oxford
Day Two: The UK Greenhouse Gas Removal Landscape
Welcome
Dr Lizzie Garratt, NERC
Dr Jennifer Swarbrick, BBSRC
Professor Cameron Hepburn, University of Oxford
Professor Mark Taylor, Deputy Director – Energy Innovation, Department for Business, Energy & Industry Strategy
Keynote: Greenhouse gas removal and its links to wider UK environment aims
Professor Gideon Henderson, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Introduction to the Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrators Programme (GGR-D)
Dr Steve Smith, CO2RE Executive Director, University of Oxford
The Five GGR-D Demonstrator Projects
Biochar – Dr Rob Brown, Bangor University
Enhanced rock weathering – Dr Chris Pearce, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Peatland restoration – Professor Chris Evans, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Woodland creation and management – Professor Ian Bateman, University of Exeter
Perennial biomass crops – Professor Iain Donnison, University of Aberystwyth
Q&A: Taking stock – the state of UK GGR research & policy
Dr Emily Cox, University of Oxford
Jo Warner, Deputy Director – Net Zero Frameworks, BEIS
Professor Mark Taylor, BEIS
Professor Gideon Henderson, DEFRA
Dr Steve Smith, University of Oxford
Panel discussion: Green Shoots – Scaling GGR rapidly, effectively, sustainably and equitably
Moderator: Tom Previte, Carbon Removal Show
Ita Kettleborough, Energy Transitions Commission
Laith Whitwham, Aldersgate Group
Liz Bowles, Soil Association
Judith Thornton, Aberystwyth University
Ruth Herbert, Carbon Capture & Storage Association (CCSA)
Panel discussion: Offshore – How is GGR developing elsewhere, and what does this mean for the UK?
Moderator: Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief
Dr Jennifer Wilcox, US Department of Energy
Professor Jia Li, Hong Kong University
Dr Oliver Geden, SWP Berlin
Panel discussion: Who is investing in GGR, and why?
Moderator: Pilita Clark, Financial Times
Vicky West, Forestry Commission
Caitlin Wale, Counteract
Katharina Kort, Bank of America
Alberto Arribas, Microsoft
Greenhouse Gas Removal by Enhanced Weathering (GGREW)