The Natural Fix? : the role of ecosystems in climate mitigation

Abstract

One response to the urgent and dramatic challenge of climate change has been a growing interest by governments in carbon capture and storage at power stations. Tens of billions of dollar are being earmarked for a technology that aims to remove green-house gases from smoke stacks and bury it deep underground.In this UNEP-commissioned, Rapid Assessment report we present carbon capture and storage through a Green Economy lens outlining the potential in terms of natural systems – sys-ems from forests to grasslands that have been doing the job in a tried and tested way for millennia.