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Feng C, Ye G, Zeng J, Zeng J, Jiang Q, He L, Zhang Y, Xu Z. Sustainably developing global blue carbon for climate change mitigation and economic benefits through international cooperation. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6144. [PMID: 37783692 PMCID: PMC10545692 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41870-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Blue carbon is the carbon storage in vegetated coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrass. It is gaining global attention as its role in climate change mitigation and local welfare growth. However, a global assessment on the long-term spatiotemporal sustainable development status of blue carbon has not been conducted, and the relations among blue carbon ecosystems, driving forces for climate change mitigation, and socioeconomic interventions for development capacity on a global scale are still unclear. Here, we constructed a blue carbon development index (BCDI), comprising three subsystems: driving force, resource endowment, and development capacity, to assess the sustainable development level of 136 coastal countries' blue carbon over 24 consecutive years and explore the relationship among subsystems. We further propose a cooperation model to explore the feasibility of global blue carbon cooperation and quantify benefit allocation to specific countries. The results showed an upward trend in BCDI scores with variations in regional performance over the past two decades, and we found a positive correlation between development capacity and blue carbon resource endowment. Based on the scenario simulations of global cooperation, we found that coastal countries could improve the global average BCDI score, add 2.96 Mt of annual carbon sequestration, and generate $136.34 million in 2030 under Global Deep Cooperation scenario compared with the Business-As-Usual scenario.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cuicui Feng
- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China
- Donghai Laboratory, Zhoushan, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China.
- Donghai Laboratory, Zhoushan, China.
- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China.
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Institute of Hydraulics & Estuary, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China
- Donghai Laboratory, Zhoushan, China
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China
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- Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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An Interval Noncooperative-cooperative Biform Game Model based on Weighted Equal Contribution Division Values. Inf Sci (N Y) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2022.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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