Dr. Miranda Böttcher
Areas of Expertise
- Climate policy
- Foresight
- Sustainability governance
Ocean/climate governance nexus, Marine infrastructures, Marine-based Carbon Dioxide Removal, Foresight, Knowledge Politics
ProjectsShort Curriculum vitae
Since 2025: IPCC AR7, Lead author Working Group III Report (Mitigation of Climate Change)
Since 2023: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University
Since 2024: Project Leader in the »ASMASYS II« research project
Since 2021: Associate at SWP, Research Division EU/Europe (2021–2024). Research Cluster Climate Policy and Politics (since 2023); Research Division Global Issues (since 2024)
2015 - 2021: Research Associate, Institute Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)
2014 - 2015: Research Analyst & Workshop Facilitator, Foresight Intelligence, Berlin, Germany
Memberships
US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine (NASEM): Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Standing Committee
Review Editor: 7th UNEP Global Environment Outlook Report (GEO-7)
United Nations Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) Working Group 41: Ocean Interventions for Climate Mitigation
European Marine Board (EMB): Working Group on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR)
Horizon Europe Project Advisory Board: Strategies for the evaluation and assessment of ocean-based Carbon dioxide removal (SEAO2-CDR)
Editorial Board: Communications Earth and Environment (Nature)
Visiting Fellowships
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), University of British Columbia (2022); Australian-German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne (2019); Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Oxford (2018)
SWP Publications
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UN High Seas Treaty: Who Controls Knowledge about the High Seas?
The new UN treaty for the protection of the high seas promises greater transparency and knowledge diversity. Yet political conflicts of interest threaten this promise. The EU and Germany should make targeted efforts to ensure that knowledge pluralism is safeguarded, argues Miranda Böttcher.
Point of View, 26.01.2026 -
Foresight: Multilevel Climate Policy in 2030
Research Division EU/Europe, Working Paper Nr. 02/2024, August 2024, 35 Pages -
Foresight*: Pathogens from the Permafrost
Combating the Spread of an Animal-borne Disease with or without Russia
SWP Comment 2024/C 23, 21.06.2024, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C23
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The High Seas Treaty: A new hub for global ocean governance
The United Nations has adopted a treaty to protect the high seas. To leverage the potential of the new “High Seas Treaty” as a global hub for ocean governance, the EU and Germany should start planning now how to engage strategically within this forum, argue Miranda Boettcher and Gerrit Hansen.
Point of View, 21.06.2023 -
“Carbon Management”: Opportunities and risks for ambitious climate policy
SWP Comment 2023/C 29, 26.05.2023, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C29
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mCDR Foresight Scenarios: Policy Frameworks for Marine Carbon-Dioxide Removal in 2040
Working Paper Research Division EU/Europe 2023/Nr. 02, April 2023, 35 Pages
External publications
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Accounting and monitoring challenges for blue carbon enhancement in national climate policy targets and international carbon markets
in: Carbon Management, 16(1), 01.12.2025.doi:10.1080/17583004.2025.2585895
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Monitoring, Reporting and Verification for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
in: Muñiz Piniella, A., Rodriguez Perez, A., Kellett, P., Alexander, B., Bayo Ruiz, F., Heymans, J. J. (Eds.), Future Science Brief N°. 13 of the European Marine Board, 2025.doi:10.5281/zenodo.17435116
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A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage
in: Nature, 645, pp. 124–132, 03.09.2025.doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09423-y
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A Scientific Summary for Policy-Makers: the State of the Science for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR)
in: Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP), UNESCO-IOC, IOC Technical Series, 209, 2025. -
Exploring Site-Specific Carbon Dioxide Removal Options With Storage or Sequestration in the Marine Environment – The 10 Mt CO₂ yr⁻¹ Removal Challenge for Germany
in: Earth's Future, 13, 4, April 2025doi:10.1029/2024EF004902
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A holistic assessment framework for marine carbon dioxide removal options
in: Environmental Research Letters, 21, 04.04.2025doi:10.1088/1748-9326/adc93f