JAPANESE delegates attending the ongoing United Nations climate summit in the United Arab Emirates will campaign for blue carbon decarbonization measures such as the creation of seaweed beds.
An estimated 70,000 delegates including those from Japan are participating in the ongoing 28th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change known as COP28 which started on the 30th of November and ends on the 2nd of December.
Blue carbon is simply the carbon captured by the world’s ocean and coastal ecosystems such as seaweed and seagrass meadows, tidal marshes, and mangrove forests which form part of the blue carbon ecosystems as defined by the U.N. Environment Program.
Seaweeds produce 70% more oxygen than land plants and absorb carbon more effectively than trees, making them a crucial resource in addressing climate change. The marine plant can store an estimated 175-M tons of carbon each year.
Japan aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 46% in 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
