The Blue Carbon Initiative aims to mitigate climate change thanks to the restoration and sustainable use of coastal and marine ecosystems (mangroves, tidal marshes, seagrasses). This initiative has two angles: policy and science.
The policy working group creates framework for policy and management maximizing carbon conservation while the science working group develops methods to assess blue carbon stocks and emissions, supporting scientific research on the role of coastal blue carbon ecosystems and climate change mitigation.
Science-policy collaboration favours a comprehensive approach, encouraging national-level accounting of blue carbon ecosystems’ stocks and emissions as well as local and national capacity building to protect and manage coastal ecosystems.