Climate action requires new accounting guidance and governance frameworks to manage carbon in shelf seas
| Autor: | Ben Milligan, Gaetano Grilli, Silvia Ferrini, Tiziana Luisetti, Hilary Kennedy, R. Kerry Turner, Ruth Parker, Silke Kröger, Irene Lorenzoni, Emmanouil Tyllianakis, Tim Pryce, Johan van der Molen, Tim Jickells |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Economics Science General Physics and Astronomy chemistry.chemical_element Climate change Accounting Review Article 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Ecosystem lcsh:Science 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Multidisciplinary Carbon accounting business.industry Corporate governance Climate-change policy General Chemistry Carbon cycle climate governace climate change chemistry Climate governance Greenhouse gas Environmental science seashelf carbon lcsh:Q seashelf carbon climate change climate governace business Carbon |
| Zdroj: | Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020) Nature Communications |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| Popis: | Accounting guidelines exist for the recording of carbon flows in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems. Shelf sea sediments, while considered an important carbon store, have yet to receive comparable scrutiny. Here, we explore whether effective management of carbon stocks accumulating in shelf seas could contribute towards a nation’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. We review the complexities of carbon transport and fate in shelf seas, and the geopolitical challenges of carbon accounting in climate governance because of the transboundary nature of carbon flows in the marine environment. New international accounting guidance and governance frameworks are needed to prompt climate action. Accounting guidelines exist for carbon flows in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems, but not shelf sea sediments. In this Review, the authors explore whether effective management of carbon stocks accumulating in shelf seas could contribute to a nation’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. |
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