The Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration Project

The Project Components

Carbon baseline assessment:

quantified the stocks of

carbon for coastal ecosystems, and the rate of carbon sequestration

associated with mangrove afforestation;

Geographic assessment:

mapped Abu Dhabi’s Blue

Carbon ecosystems and provided a carbon analysis tool to support

informed decision making;

Ecosystem services assessment:

investigated the

goods and services beyond carbon sequestration that Blue Carbon

ecosystems provide Abu Dhabi;

Policy component:

identified the most suitable options for

incorporating Blue Carbon and Ecosystem Services in Abu Dhabi’s

policy and governance framework;

Finance feasibility assessment:

recommended the

most feasible options for implementing Blue Carbon initiative in Abu

Dhabi on behalf of AGEDI and were ultimately responsible for the

interaction and integration of the components.