Climate solutions

Natural woodland of Scot's pine

Natural woodland of Scot's pine by Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

Climate solutions

Restoring nature can help soak up carbon emissions

Restoring nature can help soak up carbon emissions - known as natural solutions to climate change - whilst contributing many additional benefits.

Peatlands, woodlands, ocean sediment, seagrass and wetlands are just a few of the incredible natural carbon stores that we need to start protecting and making use of. Nature itself is at risk from climate change, but if helped to recover, its potential to store carbon does mean it can help us to turn the tide on the climate catastrophe.

Green carbon solutions to climate change

Our habitats on land have a huge role to play in addressing climate change. Globally, plants have removed 25% of human-made carbon emissions, whilst our soils contain more carbon than is stored in those plants and the atmosphere combined!

Bogbean growing on a bog peatland at dawn

Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

Powerful peatlands

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Oak woodland in gentle light at dawn, The Wildlife Trusts

© David Tipling/2020VISION

Wonderful woodlands

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meadow

Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography

Glorious grasslands

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Woodberry Wetlands wildlife trust

Penny Dixie

Wild wetlands

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Blue carbon solutions to climate change

Blue carbon has a huge role to play in tackling climate change. Oceans absorb 20-35% of human-made carbon emissions every year. Carbon is part of the whole system - stored in the tissues of the plants and animals, and in the mud and sediments.

Seagrass bed

Seagrass ©Paul Naylor www.marinephoto.co.uk/

Spectacular seagrass

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Minke whale breaching

Minke whale off Rathlin Island ©Tom McDonnell

Outstanding ocean sediments

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Saltmarsh from the air, The Wildlife Trusts

©Terry Whittaker/2020VISION

Super saltmarshes

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