Project deliverables

D1.1Risk management plan – Description of the risks associated with the project and their mitigation measures.
D1.2Project handbook – Detailed work plan including procedures for quality assurance and deliverable review
D1.3Data management plan – Summary of key data/output types and how they adhere to FAIR principles.
D1.4Scoping paper – Definition of the most important concepts, geographical coverage, limitations, assumptions and exclusions of the project.
D2.1OCDR technical readiness review – Conceptual designs of OCDR approaches and descriptions of their system boundaries, key processes, material and energy flows and carbon balances used to review and summarise their technical readiness.
D2.2TEA and LCA assessment – Summary of OCDR techno-economic and life cycle assessments conducted, with the economic and environmental performance of at least three archetypal OCDR approaches defined under a range of impact categories
D2.3A common LCA framework – The considers a standardised template for inventory information, methods of setting boundary conditions, specifying functional units, scenarios of CO2 emissions intensity of energy, and methods of interpreting results.
D3.1Instruments and methodologies for OCDR MRV – Review of the requirements, system design and in-situ performance of autonomous sensing technologies for OCDR MRV
D3.2Evaluation of OCDR monitoring requirements – Evaluation of OCDR accounting metrics, sampling strategies and site-relevant monitoring techniques
D4.1Impact of communication on OCDR framing – Analysis of stakeholder views of alternative framings of different OCDR options
D4.2Cross-country OCDR perceptions – Analysis of cross-country surveys on the perceptions of OCDR and co-benefits
D4.3Deliberative workshops on OCDR – Summary of the solutions developed during workshops on OCDR and an evaluation of the methods of participatory rulemakingin the context of OCDR technologies
D5.1Legal, ethical and policy implications of OCDR – Analysis of current legal frameworks, minimum ethical requirements, policy cycles and geopolitical dimensions of OCDR and its potential for upscaling
D5.2Multi-dimensional OCDR governance framework – Development of a scientifically-grounded, stakeholder-oriented and multi-dimensional model for OCDR governance, including Annexes reporting on the output of each phase of CPr development
D6.1Creation of an OCDR Industry Association – Overview of mission, vision, activities and participants, including advancements as a result of collaborations created
D6.2Advancing OCDR commercialisation – Roadmap for operationalisation of at least two high TRL OCDR approaches through improved abatement cost profiles, standardised carbon accounting and incentivisation strategies.
D7.1OCDR logistics systems assessment – Application of an operations management and simulation framework for OCDR logistics systems to two selected case studies.
D7.2Inclusion of OCDR into a regional marine IAM – Development of a regional marine IAM that includes OCDR approaches. 
D8.1Dissemination, communication and exploitation plan – Plan for dissemination and exploitation including communication activities.
D8.2Policy briefs and synthesis reports – Policy briefs, synthesis reports and other assessments/contributions that conveyed the project’s major results to target users.

Publications

DOIAuthor/TitleALTMETRICS
https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1506181

Oschlies, A., Bach, L.T., Fennel, K., Gattuso, J.P. and Mengis, N. (2025). Perspectives and challenges of marine carbon dioxide removal. Frontiers in Climate, 6, 1506181

https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2025.1509367Ward, C., Lee Pereira, R.J., Foteinis, S. and Renforth, S. (2025). Techno-economic analysis of ocean iron fertilization. Frontiers in Climate, 7, 1509367
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2025.116091

Delval, M.H., Thonemann, N., Henriksson, P.J.G., Tanzer, S.E. and Behrens, P. (2025). Life cycle assessment of ocean-based carbon dioxide removal approaches: A systematic literature review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 224, 116091

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2025.116091

Lindland, M., Wigand, E.A., Fagerhold, K., Meisel, F. and Herlicka, L. (2025). Supply chain optimization for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement: A Norwegian case study. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 145, 104395

https://doi.org/10.15351/2373-8456.1203

Siebert, L., Wu, J., Bednarz, L.K., Keller, D., Meier, F., Merk, C., Peterson, S. and Rickels, W. (2025). Meeting Carbon Dioxide Removal Demand in 2030: The Potential of Macroalgae Cultivation and Harvest. Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics, 12, 1

https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acffdcCael, B.B., Goodwin, P., Pearce, C.R. and Stainforth, D. (2023). Benefit-cost ratios of carbon dioxide removal strategies. Environmental Research Letters, 18, 114003