OceanICU is pleased to feature in the Cordis Information Pack: Blue Carbon for Diversity and Climate Action as one of 15 EU Funded projects closing significant gaps in understanding, observing, modelling and predicting the natural blue carbon component of ecosystem services.
BlueCarbon describes the way in which carbon is captured, stored and released through ecosystems in the ocean, coastlines, rivers and wetlands. Incorporating the management of blue carbon ecosystems into climate and biodiversity frameworks is essential to meeting Europe’s climate and biodiversity goals.
OceanICU will measure how the carbon cycle will likely develop in a changing climate, focusing on the influence of large-scale extraction of fish and mineral resources.
The data will be used to inform decision support tools to help policymakers sustainably manage the trade-offs needed to guide future investment, especially for the green transition.