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Project Team

Executive Team ▾
Oliver Geden
German Institute for International and Security Affairs, SWP
Jan C. Minx
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, PIK
Matthew J. Gidden
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA
Gregory F. Nemet
University of Wisconsin-Madison
William F. Lamb
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, PIK
Stephen M. Smith
University of Oxford
Project Team ▾
Sarah Singleton
Project Manager, University of Oxford
Emily Youers
Copy Editor and Proofreader
Nadia Schroeder
Interim Project Manager, University of Oxford
Angela Morelli & Tom Gabriel Johansen
InfoDesignLab
Roz Pidcock
Storyline Editor, Exalt Editing
Liliana Resende
Report Design, University of Oxford
Kate Heath & Emily Youers
Line Editors
George Hope, Helen Bunting & Tom Pilsworth
Website & Comms Support, University of Oxford
Lead Authors ▾
Oliver Geden
SWP
Matthew J. Gidden
University of Maryland
William F. Lamb
PIK
Jan C. Minx
PIK
Gregory F. Nemet
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Stephen M. Smith
University of Oxford
Holly Buck
University at Buffalo
Josh Burke
LSE
Emily Cox
University of Oxford
Morgan R. Edwards
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sabine Fuss
MCC
Injy Johnstone
University of Oxford
Finn Müller-Hansen
MCC
Julia Pongratz
LMU, MPI-M
Benedict S. Probst
ETH Zurich, Cambridge, MPIIC
Stephanie Roe
WWF
Felix Schenuit
SWP
Ingrid Schulte
MCC
Naomi E. Vaughan
UEA
Co-Authors ▾
Laura Diaz Anadon
University of Cambridge
Stephanie Arcusa
Arizona State University
Rob Bellamy
University of Manchester
Annette Cowie
NSW DPI, University of New England
Lushanya Dayathilake
University of Oxford
Tim Engelmann
ETH Zurich
Gaurav Ganti
Climate Analytics
Thomas Gasser
IIASA
Giacomo Grassi
European Commission, JRC
Jenna Greene
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tomoko Hasegawa
Ritsumeikan University
Verena Hofbauer
Carbon Gap
Volker Hoffmann
ETH Zurich
Robert Höglund
CDR.fyi
Dianne Hondeborg
ETH Zurich
Kathleen M. Kennedy
University of Maryland
Sarah Lück
Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC
Tim Repke
Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC
Leo Mercer
Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics
Naser Odeh
King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center 
Yuki Ochi
E-Konzal
Roberto Pilli
Consultant to the European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Rosa M. Roman-Cuesta
Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission
Jessica Strefler
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, PIK
Kavita Surana
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Masa Sugiyama
University of Tokyo
Kristen Schell
Carleton University
Clemens Schwingshackl
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, LMU
Harry Smith
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia
Malte Toetzke
ETH Zurich
Zachary H. Thomas
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nadine Walsh
FernUniversität Hagen
Andrew Zaiser
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Qi Zheng
International Institute for Sustainable Development, IISD
Reviewers ▾
Chad M. Baum
Aarhus University
David Ho
[C]Worthy, University of Hawaiʻi
Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf
Ecologic Institute
Rebecca Colvin
Australian National University
Glen Peters
CICERO
Sara Nawaz
American University
Mercedes Bustamante
Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília
Sandro Federici
IGES
Katie Lebling
World Resources Institute
Sophie Gill
Isometric
Shinichiro Asayama
National Institute for Environmental Studies
Mathias Fridahl
Linköping University
Livia Fritz
Aarhus University
Derik Broekhoff
Stockholm Environment Institute
Wil Burns
Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal, American University & Environmental Policy & Culture Program, Northwestern University
Ryan Hanna
University of California
Vassilis Daioglou
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Rory Jacobson
Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, U.S. Department of Energy
Freya Chay
Carbon Plan
Ajay Gambhir
Systemic Risk Assessment, Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment
Lee Scott
Trellis Climate
Kristin Jordal
SINTEF
Soyoung Oh
Tufts University
Andrew Lenton
Permanent Carbon Locking Future Science Platform, CSIRO
Kim Wolske
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Peter Lawrence
Terrestrial Science Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Danny Otto
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research — UFZ
Francis X. Johnson
Stockholm Environment Institute
Christine Merk
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Sasha Stashwick
Carbon 180
Na'im Merchant
Carbon Removal Canada
Andrea Bonzanni
IETA
Mark Preston Aragonès
Carbon Accounting, Bellona Europa
Paul D. Zakkour
Carbon Counts
Kate Dooley
University of Melbourne
Michel den Elzen
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Annette Cowie
NSW Department of Primary Industries / University of New England
Artur Runge-Metzger
Fellow with MCC, former Director, European Commission, Directorate-General for Climate Action
Gideon Henderson
UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Christian Holzleitner
Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Helen Bray
Puro.earth
Trigg Talley
Climate Negotiations and Programs, U.S. Department of State
Jen Wilcox
University of Pennsylvania
Acknowledgements ▾

Richard A. Houghton and Andrea Castanho – for providing the CDR data for the bookkeeping model H&C2023.

Federico Cristoforoni – Net Zero Insights, for data on climate tech start-ups used in Chapter 3.

The International Biochar Initiative (IBI), USBI, and EBI – for data on global/regional biochar production.

Christiane Hamann and Evie Ackery – for support with literature findings in Chapter 6.

Thorben Amann, John Couwenberg, Jo House, Claudia Kammann, Franziska Koebsch, Lara Meuleneers, Phil Renforth, Nir Reshef, Daniel Rezo, Hans-Peter Schmidt, Pete Smith, Daniela Thrän, Tiffany Troxler, and Sylvia Vetter – for feedback/input on MRV tools in Chapter 10.

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