Rachel Ardiff is a Policy and Research Associate at the Carbon Balance initiative. Her current work involves exploring design options for just and effective industrial decarbonisation in the UK, previously having worked on EU policy with the team. She graduated law from Trinity College Dublin where she completed research on the interaction of an international carbon takeback obligation and trade law, a topic which she continued as a Research Associate in Oxford Net Zero in 2024. She is currently a George Moore Scholar, studying at the London School of Economics where she is completing a dissertation on interaction of carbon removals, sustainable development and international carbon markets. 

She is happiest when explaining why the Elizabeth line is the best tube line in London.

Current nerdy topic in net zero: How to create election-proof climate policy