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Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies remove CO2 directly from the atmosphere and permanently store it using a range of different approaches. Policy and regulatory frameworks are an important part of CDR research and deployment. This webinar, hosted by the 'Responsible transitions' project team within CSIRO's CarbonLock, brings together CDR policy research, perspectives and experiences from Europe and Australia. Come and learn more about how governance issues are being considered and addressed in the carbon removal and management space.

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Showing 2 of 2 dates for this event.
Dates available from 23 Oct 2025 until 23 Oct 2025

Event date: Oct 2025

Thursday 23 Oct 2025

Attend in person

11.30am AEST (12.30pm AEDT)

Hayman Room (4.A.505), EcoSciences Precinct, Dutton Park QLD

Event date: Oct 2025

Thursday 23 Oct 2025

Attend online

11.30am AEST (12.30pm AEDT)

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Talia Jeanneret

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Agenda item

Chair (TBC)
11:30 – 11:35am

Welcome
Welcome and overview of the webinar

Miranda Böttcher   
11:35 – 11:50am

Navigating (Marine) CDR Policy and Politics
This talk will give an overview the evolving policy and political landscape of carbon dioxide removal (CDR), focusing on marine-based approaches (mCDR). While international, European and national climate governance processes increasingly recognise the need for CDR to achieve net-zero targets, debates about appropriate definitions, methods and governance frameworks are ongoing. This is especially true when it comes to the role of the ocean, which is simultaneously viewed as a vulnerable ecosystem in need of protection and as a potential frontier for large-scale carbon removal and storage. Drawing on multilevel policy analysis, the talk will illustrate how top-down processes, such as the Paris Agreement and Article 6 negotiations, interact with bottom-up stakeholder mobilisation and national strategies. It will also present a foresight approach being used in the German research mission "CDRmare" to anticipate and navigate potential mCDR policy futures.

Chair (TBC)
11:50 – 12:00pm

Q&A session

Shona Stevens
12:00 – 12:15pm

Australia's policy and regulatory landscape for carbon management technologies (CMT)
This presentation will provide an overview of Australia's policy and regulatory framework for carbon management technologies (CMT). It will examine the role of CMT within Australia's national strategy to achieve net zero emissions and highlight the importance of a diversified approach for carbon management. The presentation will also address existing legislative and regulatory arrangements governing CMT, as well as financial and regulatory mechanisms to support industrial decarbonisation, including the Safeguard Mechanism, the Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme, and the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme.

Chair (TBC)
12:15 – 12:30pm

Q&A session

12:30pm

Session close

Speaker Biographies

Miranda Böttcher

Miranda Böttcher

Miranda Böttcher is a Research Associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Germany, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Netherlands. She is currently project leader on a German government-funded project (ASMASYS-II) assessing the potential of marine carbon removal (mCDR), with a focus on future policy and governance pathways. She is a member of the United Nations Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection Working Group 41: Ocean Interventions for Climate Mitigation, a Lead Author of the IPCC AR7 WG III Report on Mitigation of Climate Change, a member of the US NASEM Standing Committee on mCDR, a review editor for the United Nations Environment Programme GEO-7 report, a reviewer of the 2025 World Ocean Assessment, a member of the European Marine Board Working Group on mCDR. Miranda received an M.A. in Political Science from Heidelberg University, Germany and a Ph.D. from Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Shona Stevens

Shona Stevens

Shona is a lawyer and public policy professional with more than 20 years' experience working on climate change across the public, private and academic sectors. This work has included policy development, legislative analysis, governance and compliance, government and community relations, and advocacy. She holds a Bachelor of Laws, and Master of Law from the Queensland University of Technology.

Shona is currently Assistant Director of the Carbon Management Technologies Policy Section in the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. This role sees her shaping and enhancing public policy in the areas of carbon capture and storage, carbon capture and utilisation, and carbon dioxide removals.

Her focus is on harnessing international insights and expertise to inform the development of Australia's carbon management strategy, policy and regulatory framework. This includes working bilaterally with government counterparts and participating in multi stakeholder forums such as the Asia CCUS Network, Clean Energy Ministerial Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage Initiative, Mission Innovation's Carbon Dioxide Removal mission. Shona is also managing the Department's interests in the drafting of Australia's first National Carbon Dioxide Removal Roadmap.