The International Blue Carbon Initiative is a coordinated, global program focused on conserving and restoring coastal ecosystems for the climate, biodiversity and human wellbeing. Coastal ecosystems are some of the most productive on Earth.

What are blue carbon ecosystems? Why are coastal and marine ecosystems important for climate change mitigation? Compared to other ecosystems, do blue carbon ecosystems release significant amounts of CO2 per unit area upon conversion or degradation? Where are coastal blue carbon ecosystems found?

From 2011 to 2018, the Blue Carbon Initiative’s International Blue Carbon Scientific Working Group and collaborators have published 198 documents which are indexed in Web of Science (including 174 peer-reviewed). These indexed publications have accumulated 5,521 total citations (with 28 average citations per publication) and sets an h-index ...

The International Blue Carbon Initiative’s team of 34 experts in the fields of coastal carbon measurement, remote sensing, and climate policy produced this manual with the goal standardizing protocols for sampling methods, laboratory measurements, and analysis of blue carbon stocks and fluxes.

Formed in February 2011, the Blue Carbon Scientific Working Group provides the scientific foundation for the Blue Carbon Initiative by synthesizing current and emerging science on blue carbon and by providing a robust scientific basis for coastal carbon conservation, management and assessment.

The guidelines support countries seeking to promote and preserve the climate benefits of blue carbon ecosystems by providing technical guidance on the multiple avenues for including these ecosystems within updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to …

2019年1月1日 · Tampa Bay is one of very few places in the United States where all three blue carbon ecosystems (mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses) are present. A model was created for the whole estuary to predict changes in ecosystem distribution and carbon stocks under various sea level rise and human manage

2019年11月25日 · There are many blue carbon events planned for COP25 in Madrid, Spain. Please join the Initiative and partners to explore these important issues: Monday 2 Dec 1830—2000 Room 6 Nature-Based Solutions: Integrating Coastal Ecosystems in 2020 NDCs:&n

Major objectives include national-level accounting of carbon stocks and emissions from blue carbon ecosystems, increased management effectiveness of blue carbon ecosystems within protected areas, and the development of blue carbon offsets for tourism activities.

NEW GUIDANCE TO IDENTIFY BLUE CARBON POLICY PRIORITIES. The value and role of mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses for climate change mitigation was established back in 2009 by reports by IUCN and UNEP to focus attention on addressing a critical gap in national carbon accounting and management.