Details
- Mission objective
- Objective 1a - Protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversityObjective 3c - Blue economy - Decarbonisation and ecosystem perspectives in maritime industries
- Lighthouse
- Baltic basinNorth Sea basin
- Sector
- Environmental protection and regeneration
- Topic(s)
- Blue carbon sequestrationSalt marshesBlue reforestationCoastal resilience
- Type of action
- Research and Innovation
- Solution type
- Report (research paper, policy report, white paper, guidelines, case studies, best practices, etc)Knowledge sharing & capacity building
- Solution owner
- SeaStore
- Country
- Germany
Description
This publication delves into the vital role of carbon sequestration and storage in coastal 'blue carbon' ecosystems, such as mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrass meadows, in the effort to mitigate climate change. It provides a thorough global economic evaluation of carbon sequestration and storage in these coastal ecosystems on both national and global scales. The authors introduce an innovative approach that utilises country-specific social cost of carbon values to determine each nation's role in and redistribution of global blue carbon wealth.
