Global Management Strategies for Carbon Cycle
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- Created on: 05-05-21 23:11
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- Global Management Strategies for Carbon Cycle
- Afforestation
- planting trees in areas where deforestations has occurred or in new areas
- trees act as carbon sink
- reduce atmospheric CO2
- REDD encouraging developing countries to conserve their wetlands
- Wetland Restoration
- wetlands account for 35% terrestrial carbon pool
- includes marshes, peatlands, floodplains + melgroves
- form important wetland sinks
- protection schemes
- international convention on wetlands
- EU habitats directive
- at local level
- raising water table to create waterlogged conditions
- water levels maintained by diverting drainage ditches + installing sluice gates
- wetlands account for 35% terrestrial carbon pool
- Improved Agricultural Practices
- mulching adds organic matter + prevents carbon loss
- rotation of cash crops with cover crops can increase biomass returned to soil
- improved crop varieties can increase productivity + enhance soil organic carbon
- Carbon Trading
- businesses allocated quota for CO2 emissions
- carbon credits received for emissions lower than quota
- financial penalties are consequences of exceeding quota
- carbon offsets
- credits to countries + businesses for schemes such as afforestation + renewable energy
- businesses allocated quota for CO2 emissions
- International Agreements
- Kyoto Protocol (1997)
- most ACs agreed legally binding reductions on CO2 emissions
- India + china exempt
- USA did not ratify agreement
- expired 2012
- Paris Climate Convention (2015)
- countries set own targets which aren't legally binding
- Kyoto Protocol (1997)
- Transport Innovations
- sustainable transport schemes
- congestion charging (london)
- park + ride schemes (cambridge)
- integrated transport networks (brazil)
- large range of mitigation strategies in aviation
- fuel efficient routes
- cruise at lower speed
- Afforestation
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