Despoina Tsimprikidou joined the CCSA as a UK Policy Officer in October 2023, where she focuses on the development of CCUS policy and is responsible for the co-ordination of the CCSA’s Greenhouse Gas Removals and CCU Subgroups. Despoina’s particular policy areas of focus include engineered carbon removals, carbon markets, and CO2 utilisation.
Despoina has a background in climate and environmental policy and regulation, and prior to joining the CCSA she coordinated the UK Hub of the UNESCO BRIDGES Sustainability Science Coalition and worked on EU environmental policy at the European Committee of the Regions.