Benjamin Redmond Roche
Consultant - Climate Interventions
Ben is an advisor on SRM science, research governance, and policy. Ben is also a Visiting Research Fellow at UCL, and a Work Package Lead on the Co-CREATE project, with experience across European Commission and OECD-facing climate governance initiatives.
Benjamin is an independent advisor at the intersection of climate science, governance, and emerging climate technologies. His focus is on translating complex evidence into actionable insight that can operate within policy, regulatory, and market systems – particularly in carbon removal and climate intervention. Alongside advisory work, he is a Visiting Research Fellow at University College London, where he contribute to research on the governance of solar radiation modification (SRM) research.
Benjamin’s academic work bridges scientific analysis and institutional design, focusing on how emerging climate interventions can be governed responsibly within existing regulatory frameworks. He is a Work Package Lead on the Horizon Europe / UKRI-funded Co-Create project on governance principles for responsible SRM. He also holds a PhD in Earth and Polar Science, with a background in climate-ocean-cryosphere interactions and polar field research, and completed his doctoral training through the GeoNetZero Centre for Doctoral Training, which focused on the role of geoscience in the low-carbon energy transition.
Benjamin has authored numerous academic articles and governance Policy Briefs, and has provided advice on science and governance considerations to the UK Parliament, ARIA, and EU Member States. Aside from championing climate solutions, he is a very keen scuba diver and marine conservationist.