Coastal Ecosystems
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Restore and Protect Coastal Ecosystems
Coastal and marine ecosystems, such as mangroves, seagrasses and saltmarshes, are known as ‘blue carbon ecosystems’ for their ability to sequester and store carbon. Their protection, conservation and or restoration offers considerable mitigation potential, as well as improved coastal resilience and a host of additional co-benefits, including water quality, biodiversity, improved fisheries and local employment. They are hotspots for carbon storage, with soil carbon sequestration rates per hectare up to 10 times larger than those of terrestrial ecosystems.
Restoring and conserving these ecosystems globally could result in as much as 1.38 GtCO2e sequestered and stored per year by 2050.
Actions
Portugal, Japan, the UK and the US have committed to protect 30 percent of national waters by 2030. Australia has over 45 percent under protection already.
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The UK, in partnership with the US, Chile, Costa Rica and France have launched the International Partnership on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), Biodiversity and Climate Change.
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