I provide independent advisory and consulting support on carbon removal and climate intervention at the interface of climate science, policy, and emerging markets. My work integrates governance and integrity considerations – including scientific credibility, carbon claims, and market incentives – with scientific assessment and market-facing analysis, supporting climate-tech organisations, public funders, and NGOs operating in complex and contested climate domains.

 

How I can help

  • Helping organisations navigate governance and policy questions around carbon removal and climate intervention, including questions of legitimacy, oversight, and public-interest considerations

  • Assessing scientific evidence and uncertainty to understand credibility, limits, and integrity risks associated with emerging climate interventions

  • Translating complex or contested science into decision-relevant insights for policymakers, funders, and public-facing institutions, including through policy reports, briefings, and public presentations

  • Evaluating climate and carbon removal pathways – including ocean-based approaches – in light of scientific feasibility, governance constraints, and market context

  • Providing independent advisory support to climate-focused organisations and deep-tech startups operating in high-uncertainty or contested policy environments

About

Benjamin Redmond Roche is an independent advisor specialising in climate, carbon removal, and climate intervention governance. He holds a PhD in Earth and Polar Science and completed his doctoral training through the GeoNetZero Centre for Doctoral Training, focused on the role of geoscience in the low-carbon energy transition. He is currently a Research Fellow at University College London (2024-26), where his work focuses on the governance of solar radiation modification (SRM) research.

His work spans academic research, policy engagement, and applied advisory roles. He has advised public bodies and NGOs on climate intervention and carbon removal governance, contributing to policy reports and briefings for the European Commission and supporting OECD-facing policy work through the Centre for Future Generations. This work has been presented in public and expert policy forums.

Alongside policy work, he has provided strategic and governance-focused advisory support to climate-focused organisations, including helping Ureaka (a start-up developing carbon-negative concrete) secure over £300,000 in non-dilutive grant funding, and advising Athena Blue (a platform focused on improving the finance-readiness and integrity of ocean and blue carbon projects), where he leads work on ocean data and science intelligence – combining scientific evidence, carbon integrity assessment, and market analysis to inform the development of governance-aligned, investment-ready blue carbon and ocean climate pathways.

 

Selected policy, research, and public contributions

Policy and public-facing work

  • Towards a European Blueprint for Responsible SRM Research – Co-Create Seminar (public lecture and panel discussion), outlining governance considerations for SRM in Europe. YouTube Link

  • Deliverable 2.3: Case studies of SRM field tests and related activities – Redmond Roche and Irvine (2025)

  • Deliverable 2.1: Scoping notes on the state of SRM research, field tests, and related activities – Redmond Roche and Irvine (2024)

Academic Publications (selected)

  • Assessment of plausible solar radiation modification field experiments from an expert-led workshop reveals the need for differentiated governance – Redmond Roche et al. (under review)

  • To what extent do sea-ice algae affect the modelled transmittance of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) to the ice-ocean interface? – Redmond Roche and King (2024b)

  • Calculations of Arctic ice-ocean interface photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) transmittance values – Redmond Roche and King (2024a)

  • Quantifying the effects of background concentrations of crude oil pollution on sea ice albedo – Redmond Roche and King (2022)

  • Improving the paleoceanographic proxy tool kit – On the biogeography and ecology of the sea ice-associated species Fragilariopsis oceanica, Fragilariopsis reginae-jahniae and Fossula arctica in the northern North Atlantic – Redmond Roche et al. (2020)

Get in touch

Please contact me if you'd like to discuss a potential project, advisory and consulting support, or collaboration:

benjaminredmondroche@gmail.com

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