OUR TEAM
Peter Schlosser
Co-chair
Peter Schlosser is Vice President and Vice Provost of Global Futures at ASU, where he leads the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory. Peter’s research focuses on the hydrosphere, primarily the circulation of water in the oceans and groundwater including studies of problems caused by human impact.
Amanda Ellis
Co-chair
Amanda Ellis is Senior Director at ASU’s Global Futures Laboratory and former New Zealand Ambassador to the UN in Geneva. She’s a global leader in gender equity, sustainable development, and international partnerships.
Erin Burns
Co-chair
Erin Burns is Executive Director of Carbon180, where she leads strategy and policy for carbon removal solutions. She brings deep experience from U.S. Senate energy policy and environmental advocacy.
Martin Siegert
Co-chair
Martin Siegert is a Vice-President at the University of Exeter and a leading polar scientist. He has discovered Antarctic subglacial landscapes, lakes and rivers and is known for his research on climate change and the polar regions.
Walter Mérida
Co-chair
Walter Mérida is a leader in clean energy systems. His work spans hydrogen tech, climate policy, and academic-industry innovation.
Klaus Lackner
Honorary Patron
Klaus Lackner is a pioneer in carbon removal and is the Founding Director of ASU’s Center for Negative Carbon Emissions. He developed early direct air capture technologies and remains a global authority on climate engineering.
The New Carbon Economy Consortium is an alliance of universities, national labs, and NGOs working in partnership with industry leaders to build a carbon conscious world.
Building the New Carbon Economy
A prosperous, growing economy that captures and stores more carbon than it emits.
Engineered Solutions
Technologies and systems that capture, convert, and store CO2 from the air and oceans, such as direct capture of CO2 from air and point sources, converting CO2 into valuable products (e.g., concrete or fuels), and the accelerated mineralization of CO2 for sequestration.
Biological Solutions
Biological solutions include ecosystem restoration, improved forestry practices, changes in agricultural practices, developing soil amendments that improve soil health, and cultivating and converting algae into valuable products such as fertilizer and animal feed.
Hybrid Solutions
Hybrid energy solutions can include bioenergy with carbon capture, biochar production, waste to energy systems, and carbon cultivating aquaculture.
Member Profiles
Innovation Plan
Our vision for the future
By convening researchers from across institutions and disciplines to pose new research questions, share resources and develop pathways towards the widespread deployment of carbon removal solutions, we have set forth an innovation agenda for a new carbon economy.
Engineered Solutions
Technologies and systems that capture, convert, and store CO₂ from the air and oceans, such as direct capture of CO₂ from air and point sources, converting CO₂ into valuable products (e.g., concrete or fuels), and the accelerated mineralization of CO₂ for sequestration.
Biological Solutions
Biological solutions include ecosystem restoration, improved forestry practices, changes in agricultural practices, developing soil amendments that improve soil health, and cultivating and converting algae into valuable products such as fertilizer and animal feed.
Hybrid Solutions
Hybrid energy solutions can include bioenergy with carbon capture, biochar production, waste to energy systems, and carbon cultivating aquaculture.
Innovation Plan
Our vision for the future
By convening researchers from across institutions and disciplines to pose new research questions, share resources and develop pathways towards the widespread deployment of carbon removal solutions, we have set forth an innovation agenda for a new carbon economy.