Actual and projected energy demand

Atmospheric circulation patterns

Black Carbon emissions

Blue carbon sink

Blue carbon sink burial rates A

Blue carbon sink burial rates B

Carbon cycle

Current valuation estimates of blue carbon sink

Fish catch

Global ocean acidification

Green Carbon

Larimichthys polyactis catch in early 2000s and predicted catch shift

Number of disasters per year

Oceans carbon fluxes

Population flooded in coastal areas in 2080

Seagrass

Sea ice anomaly in Northern Hemisphere

Sea level anomalies

Southern Ocean carbon sink change

Species turnover

Thermohaline circulation

Vulnerability of national economies to potential climate-induced changes in fisheries

World Greenhouse gas emissions by sector

Blue Carbon: The Role of Healthy Oceans in Binding Carbon

The report highlights the critical role of the oceans and ocean ecosystems

14 Oct 2009 Rapid Response Assessment

Blue Carbon

This theme advances innovative nature-based coastal and marine climate solutions.

In progress Coastal Habitats