Rachel Ardiff is an Associate of Oxford Net Zero and a previous Honorary Research Associate with the Sustainable Law Programme at the University of Oxford. She is currently a policy advisor for EU and UK policy at the Carbon Balance Initiative and an advisor for Carbon Removal Dioxide Ireland (CDRi), a non-profit advocating for the responsible build-up of carbon removal in Ireland.

Her work focuses on implementing geological net zero and holding fossil fuel producers accountable for industrial carbon management in the UK and the EU.  She examines the Carbon Takeback Obligation and other supply-side climate policy mechanisms, advocating for just, science-aligned decarbonisation of industrial and fossil sectors.

Rachel holds an MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics and Political Science where she studied as a George Moore Scholar. Her research examined the interaction between permanent carbon removals and common but differentiated responsibility requirements in Article 6 carbon markets. She also holds an LLB in Law from Trinity College Dublin.