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Blue nature-based solutions: a win for biodiversity, climate and community
World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
The ocean is the planet’s largest carbon-capture and storage system and is our greatest weapon in fighting climate breakdown. As Carlos Duarte, professor at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) and an expert on blue carbon pointed out, “We always think about fossil fuels and energy, but the reality is that 38% of the accumulated GHGs released to the atmosphere come from destroying ecosystems and messing up with nature. So it follows that one-third of the solution can possibly come from repairing nature.”
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