Nature-based carbon markets

Nature-based carbon markets create financial incentives for the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of ecosystems that capture and store carbon. In coastal environments, this is often referred to as blue carbon, encompassing carbon stored in mangroves, seagrass meadows, salt marshes, and other coastal wetlands. By combining scientific research, remote sensing, carbon accounting, and market-based mechanisms, blue carbon initiatives can support climate mitigation while delivering significant biodiversity and community benefits.

• Advance blue carbon conservation financing: Protect and restore coastal ecosystems that serve as some of the world's most effective natural carbon sinks.
• Support carbon monitoring and verification: Utilize remote sensing, geospatial technologies, and field data to quantify carbon stocks, monitor ecosystem change, and support carbon credit development.
• Generate climate and community benefits: Promote nature-based investments that support climate action, biodiversity conservation, sustainable livelihoods, and long-term coastal resilience.

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