Dr Steve Smith

Arnell Associate Professor of Greenhouse Gas Removal

Profile

With a background in atmospheric physics and a career in UK climate policy, Steve’s interests lie at the intersection of climate science and decision-making. He is the Arnell Associate Professor of Greenhouse Gas Removal and the Executive Director Oxford Net Zero and CO2RE: two programmes both focussed on stabilising the climate both rapidly and sustainably.

Oxford Net Zero brings together experts from across the University to address the critical issue of how to reach global net zero emissions. It includes academics from disciplines including Anthropology, Biology, Earth Sciences, Geography, Law, Business and Governance.

CO2RE is a multi-disciplinary research hub focused on removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Backed by seven UK universities, CO2RE works with demonstration-scale removal projects around the country. It conducts solutions-led research to develop and evaluate a balanced portfolio of scalable techniques.

Steve has published in major journals on a range of topics, including metrics for comparing emissions of different greenhouse gases, and the governance of carbon dioxide removal. He is also passionate about turning the latest science into usable tools, such as the Net Zero Tracker and the State of Carbon Dioxide Removal.

He joined the Smith School from the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) where he co-led the Climate Science Team and played a role in the legislation of the UK's net zero target. Before that he was Head of Science at the Committee on Climate Change. He has a PhD from Imperial College London and is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society.

Alongside continuing to advise governments and businesses, Steve communicates climate change to children and wider audiences. He helped write Climate Crisis for Beginners by Usborne Books, and was a contributor to the Ladybird book on Climate Change.

Projects

Teaching

Steve is open to supervising graduate students with an interest in climate action and policy, particularly those with skills in numerical analysis and coding, in the following topics:

Evaluating deep decarbonisation commitments by countries and companies
Economics, policies and systemic impacts of greenhouse gas removal techniques

Publications

Journal (70)

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van der Spek M and others, ‘Universities Must Lead Capacity Building in Carbon Dioxide Removal’ [2025] Nature Reviews Clean Technology

Lamb W and others, ‘Countries Need to Provide Clarity on the Role of Carbon Dioxide Removal in Their Climate Pledges’ (2024) 19 Environmental Research Letters 121001

Huang I and others, ‘Clinical Relevance of Intensive Laboratory Monitoring With Standard Venetoclax Ramp-Up for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Real-World Experience.’ [2024] JCO oncology practice OP2400416

Epperla N and others, ‘High-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified: CNS Involvement and Outcomes in a Multi-Institutional Series.’ (2024) 8 Blood advances 5355

Yang P and others, ‘Policy Support for BECCS and DACCS in Europe: The View of Market Participants’ (2024) 19 Environmental Research Letters

Lamb W and others, ‘Author Correction: Current National Proposals Are off Track to Meet Carbon Dioxide Removal Needs’ (2024) 14 Nature Climate Change 883

Lamb W and others, ‘Author Correction: Current National Proposals Are off Track to Meet Carbon Dioxide Removal Needs’ [2024] Nature Climate Change 1

Lamb W and others, ‘Current National Proposals Are off Track to Meet Carbon Dioxide Removal Needs’ (2024) 14 Nature Climate Change 555

Lamb W and others, ‘The Carbon Dioxide Removal Gap’ (2024) 14 Nature Climate Change 644

Samples L and others, ‘Hypertension Treatment for Patients Receiving Ibrutinib: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.’ (2024) 8 Blood advances 2085

Hale T and others, ‘Regulating Net Zero: From Groundswell to Ground Rules’ (2024) 14 Nature Climate Change 306

Steiner R and others, ‘Impact of Cumulative Dose of Brentuximab Vedotin on Outcomes of Frontline Therapy for Advanced-Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma.’ (2023) 7 Blood advances 7485

Nemet G and others, ‘Near-Term Deployment of Novel Carbon Removal to Facilitate Longer-Term Deployment’ (2023) 7 Joule 2653

Zayac A and others, ‘High-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified: A multi-Institutional Retrospective Study.’ (2023) 7 Blood advances 6381

Štrubelj L and others, ‘The New EU Carbon Removal Certification: Landmark Legislation or an Empty Promise?’ (2023) 6 One Earth 1093

Lynch R and others, ‘Polatuzumab Vedotin With Infusional Chemotherapy for Untreated Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas.’ (2023) 7 Blood advances 2449

Lynch R and others, ‘Concurrent Pembrolizumab With AVD for Untreated Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma.’ (2023) 141 Blood 2576

Graf S and others, ‘Efficacy, Safety, and Molecular Response Predictors of Oral Ixazomib and Short-Course Rituximab in Untreated INHL.’ (2023) 7 Blood advances 687

Powis C and others, ‘Quantifying Global Carbon Dioxide Removal Deployment’ (2023) 18 Environmental Research Letters 024022

Hickey C and others, ‘A Review of Commercialisation Mechanisms for Carbon Dioxide Removal’ (2023) 4 Frontiers in Climate

Geden O and others, ‘The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal Report 2023’

Naik A and others, ‘The Impact of Histological Grade on Outcomes in Follicular Lymphoma: An Analysis of Patients in the SEER Database in the Context of Evolving Disease Classification and Treatment.’ (2022) 199 British journal of haematology 696

Iovino L and others, ‘Predictors of Response to Axicabtagene-Ciloleucel CAR T Cells in Aggressive B Cell Lymphomas: A Real-World Study.’ (2022) 26 Journal of cellular and molecular medicine 5976

Perrone S and others, ‘Management of Relapsed or Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma in Patients Ineligible for CAR-T Cell Therapy.’ (2022) 15 Expert review of hematology 215

Lu Y and others, ‘Plant Conversions and Abatement Technologies Cannot Prevent Stranding of Power Plant Assets in 2 °C Scenarios.’ (2022) 13 Nature communications 806

Allen M and others, ‘Indicate Separate Contributions of Long-Lived and Short-Lived Greenhouse Gases in Emission Targets’ (2022) 5 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Fankhauser S and others, ‘Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) in Emissions Trading Systems: Principles and Practice’

Chow V and others, ‘Megadose 90Y-Ibritumomab Tiuxetan Prior to Allogeneic Transplantation Is Effective for Aggressive Large B-Cell Lymphoma.’ (2022) 6 Blood advances 37

Fankhauser S and others, ‘The Meaning of Net Zero and How to Get It Right’ (2021) 12 Nature Climate Change 15

Hale T and others, ‘Assessing the Rapidly-Emerging Landscape of Net Zero Targets’ (2021) 22 Climate Policy 18

Merryman R and others, ‘Allogeneic Transplantation After PD-1 Blockade for Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma.’ (2021) 35 Leukemia 2672

Lezaun J and others, ‘Governing Carbon Dioxide Removal in the UK: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead’ (2021) 3 Frontiers in Climate 673859

Alderuccio J and others, ‘HIV-Associated Burkitt Lymphoma: Outcomes from a US-UK Collaborative Analysis.’ (2021) 5 Blood advances 2852

Smith S and Gopal A, ‘Umbralisib: Walking the Tightrope of PI3K Inhibition in Indolent NHL.’ (2021) 39 Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 1671

Olszewski A and others, ‘Burkitt Lymphoma International Prognostic Index.’ (2021) 39 Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 1129

Schenuit F and others, ‘Carbon Dioxide Removal Policy in the Making: Assessing Developments in 9 OECD Cases’ (2021) 3 Frontiers in Climate 638805

Merryman R and others, ‘Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation After Anti-PD-1 Therapy for Multiply Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma.’ (2021) 5 Blood advances 1648

Smith S, ‘A Case for Transparent Net-Zero Carbon Targets’ (2021) 2 Communications Earth & Environment 24

Schenuit F and others, ‘Carbon Dioxide Removal Policy in the Making: Assessing Developments in 9 OECD Cases’ (2021) 3 Frontiers in Climate 638805

Lezaun J and others, ‘Governing Carbon Dioxide Removal in the UK: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead’ (2021) 3 Frontiers in Climate 673859

Cullen K and others, ‘Leveling up Net Zero Climate Leadership in the United States’ [2021] Smith School working paper series

Noy A and others, ‘Durable Ibrutinib Responses in Relapsed Refractory Marginal Zone Lymphoma: Long-Term Follow-up and Biomarker Analysis.’ (2020) 4 Blood advances 5773

Smith S and others, ‘Pembrolizumab With R-CHOP in Previously Untreated Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Potential for Biomarker Driven Therapy.’ (2020) 189 British journal of haematology 1119

Chow V and others, ‘Outcomes of Patients With Large B-Cell Lymphomas and Progressive Disease Following CD19-Specific CAR T-Cell Therapy.’ (2019) 94 American journal of hematology E209

Byrd J and others, ‘Correction: First-in-Human Phase 1 Study of the BTK Inhibitor GDC-0853 in Relapsed or Refractory B-Cell NHL and CLL.’ (2019) 10 Oncotarget 3827

Smith S and others, ‘Eligibility for CAR T-Cell Therapy: An Analysis of Selection Criteria and Survival Outcomes in Chemorefractory DLBCL.’ (2019) 94 American journal of hematology E117

Byrd J and others, ‘First-in-Human Phase 1 Study of the BTK Inhibitor GDC-0853 in Relapsed or Refractory B-Cell NHL and CLL.’ (2018) 9 Oncotarget 13023

Winter A and others, ‘A Multi-Institutional Outcomes Analysis of Patients With Relapsed or Refractory DLBCL Treated With Ibrutinib.’ (2017) 130 Blood 1676

Huntingford C and others, ‘Flexible Parameter-Sparse Global Temperature Time Profiles That Stabilise at 1.5 and 2.0 ∘C’ (2017) 8 Earth System Dynamics 617

Noy A and others, ‘Targeting Bruton Tyrosine Kinase With Ibrutinib in Relapsed Refractory Marginal Zone Lymphoma.’ (2017) 129 Blood 2224

Smith P, Haszeldine R and Smith S, ‘Preliminary Assessment of the Potential For, and Limitations To, Terrestrial Negative Emission Technologies in the UK.’ (2016) 18 Environmental science. Processes & impacts 1400

Smith A and others, ‘Health and Environmental Co-Benefits and Conflicts of Actions to Meet UK Carbon Targets’ (2016) 16 Climate Policy 253

Bell M and others, ‘UK Climate Change Following the Paris Agreement’ [2016] Committee on Climate Change, Tech. Rep 27

Huntingford C and others, ‘The Implications of Carbon Dioxide and Methane Exchange for the Heavy Mitigation RCP2.6 Scenario under Two Metrics’ (2015) 51 Environmental Science & Policy 77

Smith A and others, ‘Health and Environmental Co-Benefits and Conflicts of Actions to Meet UK Carbon Targets’ (2015) 16 Climate Policy 253

Bowerman N and others, ‘Erratum: Corrigendum: The Role of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants in Meeting Temperature Goals’ (2014) 4 Nature Climate Change 74

Bowerman N and others, ‘The Role of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants in Meeting Temperature Goals’ (2013) 3 Nature Climate Change 1021

Bernie D, Lowe J and Smith S, ‘Technical Appendix: Updated Projections of Global Emissions and Temperatures’ [2013] Report commissioned by the UK Committee on Climate Change in support of the fourth carbon budget review

Smith S and others, ‘Equivalence of Greenhouse-Gas Emissions for Peak Temperature Limits’ (2012) 2 Nature Climate Change 535

Huntingford C and others, ‘The Link Between a Global 2 °C Warming Threshold and Emissions in Years 2020, 2050 and Beyond’ (2012) 7 Environmental Research Letters 014039

Gosling S and others, ‘A Review of Recent Developments in Climate Change Science. Part II: The Global-Scale Impacts of Climate Change’ (2011) 35 Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment 443

Good P and others, ‘A Review of Recent Developments in Climate Change Science. Part I: Understanding of Future Change in the Large-Scale Climate System’ (2011) 35 Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment 281

Hill B and others, ‘Treatment With Hyperfractionated Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine, Doxorubicin, and Dexamethasone Combined With Cytarabine and Methotrexate Results in Poor Mobilization of Peripheral Blood Stem Cells in Patients With Mantle Cell Lymphoma.’ (2011) 52 Leukemia & lymphoma 986

Mandawat A and others, ‘Cauda Equina Lymphoma: A Case Report Including Postmortem Examination.’ (2011) 9 Clinical advances in hematology & oncology : H&O 414

Hill B and others, ‘The Non-Relapse Mortality Rate for Patients With Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Is Greater Than Relapse Mortality 8 Years After Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation and Is Significantly Higher Than Mortality Rates of Population Controls.’ (2011) 152 British journal of haematology 561

Smith S and Toumi R, ‘Direct Observation of Cloud Forcing by ground‐based Thermal Imaging’ (2008) 35 Geophysical Research Letters

Smith S and Toumi R, ‘Measuring Cloud Cover and Brightness Temperature With a Ground-Based Thermal Infrared Camera’ (2008) 47 Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 683

Smith S and others, ‘Projecting Global Emissions, Concentrations and Temperatures’ [2008] Building a Low-carbon Economy-The UK’s Contribution to Tackling Climate Change. Norwich, UK: The Stationary Office

Smith S and Sweetenham J, ‘Iodine 131 Tositumomab in the Treatment of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.’ (2007) 3 Future oncology (London, England) 255

Chapter (1)

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Smith S and Sweetenham J, ‘Mantle Cell Lymphoma’, Cancer Consult: Expertise for Clinical Practice (Wiley 2014)

Conference paper (3)

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Lu Y and others, ‘Can Technologies Mitigate the Risk of Fossil Fuel Assets Being Stranded in the Power Sector?’, Energy, COVID, and Climate Change, 1st IAEE Online Conference, June 7-9, 2021 (2021)

Smith S and others, ‘An Alternative Approach to Comparing Long-and Short-Lived Emissions in Light of the 2&Deg; C Global Temperature Limit’, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (2014)

Skea J and others, ‘Keeping Government on Track: The UK Climate Change Act and the Committee on Climate Change’, IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science (IOP Publishing 2009)

Pre-print (3)

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Lamb W and others, ‘The Carbon Dioxide Removal Gap’

Friedlingstein P and others, ‘Global Carbon Budget 2024’

Huntingford C and others, ‘Flexible Parameter-Sparse Global Temperature Time-Profiles That Stabilise at 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C’

Report (3)

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Sutton M and others, ‘Filling in the Evidence Gaps for the Safe Deployment of Offshore Geological Carbon Storage’ (AGILE Initiative, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford 2024)

Sutton M and others, ‘Filling in the Evidence Gaps for the Safe Deployment of Offshore Geological Carbon Storage’ (AGILE Initiative, University of Oxford 2024)

Sutton M and others, ‘Addressing Regulatory Challenges for Offshore Geological Carbon Storage in the UK: A Policy Brief’ (AGILE Research Initiative, University of Oxford 2024)