TY - JOUR
T1 - Ocean negative carbon emissions: A new UN Decade program
AU - Liu, Jihua
AU - Robinson, Carol
AU - Wallace, Douglas
AU - Legendre, Louis
AU - Jiao, Nianzhi
PY - 2022/9/13
Y1 - 2022/9/13
N2 - The Paris Agreement sets the target to limit increases in mean global temperature to well below 2°C, preferably to 1.5°C, compared with preindustrial levels. Carbon neutrality is the preferred route to reach this target.1 This requires primarily a reduction of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere but also an increase of carbon sinks or negative emissions (absorption of atmospheric CO2). The ocean is the largest active carbon pool on Earth, acting as the key regulator to global climate change, and thus has great potential for carbon negative emission.2,3 Recent research demonstrates that the ocean has already absorbed approximately 28% of anthropogenic CO2 since the Industrial Revolution,4,5 which indicates that ocean negative carbon emissions could potentially have an important role in achieving the 1.5°C or 2.0°C goal. Given the urgency and seriousness of the ongoing climate change, it is therefore imperative to explore the potential of enhancing ocean carbon sinks.
AB - The Paris Agreement sets the target to limit increases in mean global temperature to well below 2°C, preferably to 1.5°C, compared with preindustrial levels. Carbon neutrality is the preferred route to reach this target.1 This requires primarily a reduction of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere but also an increase of carbon sinks or negative emissions (absorption of atmospheric CO2). The ocean is the largest active carbon pool on Earth, acting as the key regulator to global climate change, and thus has great potential for carbon negative emission.2,3 Recent research demonstrates that the ocean has already absorbed approximately 28% of anthropogenic CO2 since the Industrial Revolution,4,5 which indicates that ocean negative carbon emissions could potentially have an important role in achieving the 1.5°C or 2.0°C goal. Given the urgency and seriousness of the ongoing climate change, it is therefore imperative to explore the potential of enhancing ocean carbon sinks.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85137408073&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.xinn.2022.100302
DO - 10.1016/j.xinn.2022.100302
M3 - Article
SN - 2666-6758
VL - 3
JO - The Innovation
JF - The Innovation
IS - 5
M1 - 100302
ER -