Benjamin Redmond Roche, PhD

I am an independent advisor working at the intersection of climate science, governance, and emerging climate technologies.

Alongside my advisory practice, I am a Visiting Research Fellow at UCL, where I lead research within the Horizon Europe and UKRI-funded Co-Create project. My work spans climate intervention governance, carbon removal, environmental risk assessment, and climate-tech strategy, supporting organisations ranging from public bodies and NGOs to innovative climate technology companies.

I hold a PhD in Earth & Polar Science and have published research in Earth's Future, The Cryosphere, Earth and Space Science, and the Journal of Glaciology. My research has also contributed to a UK Parliament POSTnote on the governance of solar radiation modification.

Centre for Future Generations

• Climate intervention governance and policy analysis. Providing expert analysis supporting OECD-facing work and advising on scientific and governance questions relevant to EU Member States. Recent work has included governance assessments, strategic briefings, and policy analysis on solar radiation modification, food security, and emerging climate technologies. I also serve as technical lead for CFG's SRM monitoring and detection workstream, supporting policy dialogues and translating emerging scientific capabilities into accessible advice for policymakers.

Athena Blue

• Scientific and technical development of a blue-carbon intelligence platform. Translating complex ocean science into investor- and corporate-facing decision-support tools, including methodology development, carbon integrity, TNFD and LEAP integration, ocean data, and product strategy.

Ocean Balance

• Governance framework for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal. Synthesising international governance frameworks, responsible research principles, environmental safeguards, monitoring approaches, and best practice for commercial project development.

Arctic Reflections

• Environmental risk and governance analysis for Arctic sea-ice intervention research. Integrating scientific evidence, Indigenous knowledge considerations, environmental planning, and regulatory assessment.

Ureaka

• Carbon accounting, commercial strategy, and grant development. Supporting an innovative carbon-negative materials technology, including contributions to successful non-dilutive funding applications.

Policy and public-facing work

• Governance of solar radiation modification research – UK Parliament POSTnote 773 – (Contributing Expert)

• 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)

• Differentiating Solar Radiation Modification Field Experiments: Scale, Technical Characteristics, and Governance Implications – Redmond Roche et al. (2026)

• 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)