Accelerating Climate Resilience Solutions
Climate & Carbon Management Research & Engagement
The Livermore Lab Foundation is proud to partner with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to address the necessary technology, policy, and community solutions to achieve ambitious carbon neutrality goals.
A nationwide report of how the United States can achieve net-zero by 2050
Roads to Removal is a national scale analysis of carbon dioxide removal required to achieve a net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) economy in the United States by 2050.
The report highlights 22 geographical regions. All have a story. All have an opportunity.
The Roads to Removal report is jointly sponsored by the US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy (ARPA-E), and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) and ClimateWorks and features research and collaborations from 68 authors at 13 academic institutions.
In 2024, thanks to funding support from Breakthrough Energy, ClimateWorks Foundation and Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. The Livermore Lab Foundation, along with our partner Climate Now, hosted a series of free community symposiums in Wyoming, North Carolina, Indiana, Pennsylvania and California. Visit roads2removal.org to learn more about the report and access videos from all of these events.
Community Outreach
To help address one of the greatest environmental challenges of our times, LLF and LLNL are working with key community and education partners to inform and educate them around carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions critical to achieving state and national carbon neutrality goals.
Since 2020, LLF has partnered with California educators to develop classroom resources for high school and community college students to learn about carbon neutrality, and the specific carbon dioxide removal solutions that can be implemented in each region.
Climate Research Reports Funded by LLF
Sharing the Benefits
Identifying a Path to Carbon Neutrality
Navigating California's Regulatory Framework
With support from the ClimateWorks Foundation, LLF funded a groundbreaking LLNL study that identified a robust suite of technologies to help California become carbon neutral – and ultimately carbon negative – by 2045.
To ensure a timely and and responsible approach to the State’s carbon capture and storage opportunities, LLF funded a comprehensive follow-on report to help understand the current regulatory environment and recommend efficiencies.
Latest Climate News
UC Climate Entrepreneurs Fellows
Four UC Climate Entrepreneurs Fellows, recruited by the LLF, came to LLNL for the Summer of 2024 to collaborate with Lab researchers. Students received training, networking, and coaching on entrepreneurship and product development best practices designed to innovate and develop their technology ideas for market.
Local Leaders Named to Livermore Lab Foundation Board of Directors
Long-time community leader Lori Souza and University of California National Laboratories (UCNL) management executive June Yu have joined the board of directors of the Livermore Lab Foundation (LLF), effective January 2024.
Just Released: Roads to Removal
A first-of-its-kind national scale analysis, outlining pathways for carbon dioxide (CO2) removal to help the U.S. reach its climate goals.
LLF, LLNL, & CSUB Working to Advance Clean Energy
In September 2023, LLF, LLNL, and California State University Bakersfield (CSUB) signed a MOU agreement to collaborate on advanced and clean-energy technologies, research opportunities and community partnerships that have the potential to shape the future of energy in the state and bring high-quality jobs to the region.