Management

• Carbon capture and storage (CCS)

  • captures the carbon before it reaches the atmosphere
  • carbon is separates from other gases produced in electricity generation and industrial processes
  • co2 is transported by pipeline or ship for safe storage
  • co2 is stored in selected rock below the earth's surface
• carbon sequestration 


  captures and stores atmospheric co2
• modifying photosynthesis 


  • primary producers convert co2 from atmosphere and water from soil into oxygen and glucose so removing co2
  • agroforestry which are forests that are more effective at absorbing co2
  • afforestation
  • restoring peatlands
  • genetically engineered crops that remove and store more carbon
• biological sequestration 


  net removal of co2 from the atmosphere by plants and microorganisms
• carbon farming 


  agricultural methods which enhance the uptake and storage of co2 in the soil
• deforestation schemes


  • reduces deforestation and makes it sustainable
  • buying sustainable sourced wood products
  • payments to offset carbon
  • only felling selected trees
  • afforestation
  • protecting existing forests and preserving current soil carbon stocks
  • reforesting degraded land
• international agreements


  • Kyoto Protocol - required only developed countries to reduce emissions
  • Paris emissions - recognised climate change is a shared problem and called on all countries to reduce emissions and work together to adapt to impacts
  • calls on all countries to strengthen commitments