Independent Advisory & Consulting on Climate, Carbon Removal & Climate Intervention
How I can help
- Navigate governance and policy questions around carbon removal and climate intervention, including legitimacy, oversight, and public-interest considerations
- Assess scientific evidence and uncertainty to evaluate credibility, limits, and integrity risks in emerging climate interventions
- Translate complex or contested science into decision-relevant analysis for policymakers, funders, and public-facing institutions
- Evaluate carbon removal pathways – including ocean-based approaches – in light of scientific feasibility, governance constraints, and market context
- Advise climate-focused organisations and deep-tech startups operating in high-uncertainty or contested policy environments
About
I am an independent advisor specialising in climate, carbon removal, and climate intervention governance. My work focuses on translating complex scientific and technical evidence into actionable insights that can operate within real policy, regulatory, and market systems.
Alongside my advisory work, I am a Visiting Research Fellow at University College London (2024-26), where I contribute to research on the governance of solar radiation modification (SRM) research. My academic work bridges scientific analysis and institutional design, focusing on how emerging climate interventions can be governed responsibly within existing regulatory frameworks.
I have advised public bodies, research initiatives, and NGOs on climate intervention and carbon removal governance, including leading European Commission policy reports and supporting OECD-facing work through the Centre for Future Generations. This work has been presented in international policy and scientific forums.
In parallel, I work with organisations across the climate-tech and carbon markets ecosystem. This includes supporting governance, strategy, and regulatory positioning for emerging climate solutions. I have worked with Ureaka (a start-up developing carbon-negative concrete), contributing to development and positioning, and supporting successful grant funding, and with Athena Blue (a platform focused on improving the finance-readiness and integrity of ocean and blue carbon projects), where I lead work on ocean data and science intelligence to inform governance-aligned, finance-ready blue carbon and ocean climate pathways.
I hold a PhD in Earth and Polar Science, with a background in climate-ocean-cryosphere interactions and polar field research, and completed my doctoral training through the GeoNetZero Centre for Doctoral Training, which focused on the role of geoscience in the low-carbon energy transition.
Selected policy, research, and public contributions
Policy and public-facing work
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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
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Deliverable 2.3: Case studies of SRM field tests and related activities – Redmond Roche and Irvine (2025)
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Deliverable 2.1: Scoping notes on the state of SRM research, field tests, and related activities – Redmond Roche and Irvine (2024)
Academic Publications (selected)
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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)
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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)
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Calculations of Arctic ice-ocean interface photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) transmittance values – Redmond Roche and King (2024a)
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Quantifying the effects of background concentrations of crude oil pollution on sea ice albedo – Redmond Roche and King (2022)
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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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