Deanna D'Alessandro — Raising the bar

Carbon dioxide removal - the path to net zero?

Net zero by 2050 has become the catchphrase of the decade. But what do we really need to do to reach it?

International climate leaders agree that to keep the global temperature rise under 2 degrees Celsius, we need to actively remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. While nature plays a major role in reducing carbon dioxide, this is not enough.

Find out how scaling technologies will be vital to stabilising our climate. Learn about direct air capture, which mechanically removes CO₂ from our atmosphere.

Bio

Deanna D’Alessandro is a chemist and professor at the Schools of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Chemistry, at the University of Sydney. She is also director of the Faculty of Engineering’s Net Zero Initiative. This team aims to help government, industry and communities manufacture, deploy and adopt cost-effective, low emissions technologies at scale.

Deanna has over 16 years’ professional experience in materials science. She is passionate about interdisciplinary efforts to address climate change through net zero and negative emissions technologies.