Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal: Issue Brief
by Isabella Corpora on carbonbusinesscouncil.org, January 23, 2024
“The Carbon Business Council published an issue brief about Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR). Given its enormous scale, the ocean has an outsized potential role to play in advancing carbon removal to the level required to meet Paris Agreement targets. mCDR has the potential, when responsibly deployed and scaled, to offer significant climate benefits, while also contributing to sustainable economic development for coastal communities, maritime nations, and small island developing states. Additionally, certain mCDR approaches may yield co-benefits such as improvements to ocean health, via local mitigation of ocean acidification, to coastal ecosystems and commercial aquaculture.”