RT Report
T1 The Natural Fix? The Role of Ecosystems in Climate Mitigation: A UNEP Rapid Response Assessment
T2 ¿La Solución natural? El papel de los ecosistemas en la mitigación del cambio climático: Evaluación rápida del PNUMA
T2 Le remède naturel? Le role des écosystèmes dans l'atténuation des changements climatiques: Une évaluation rapide du PNUE
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 ecosystem
K1 climate change mitigation
K1 carbon
K1 biomass
K1 soil
K1 climate change
K1 emission
K1 greenhouse gas
SN 978-82-7701-057-1
YR 2009
FD 2009
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7852
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7852
NO This rapid assessment report describes the vital contributions which ecosystems can and must make to improve these efforts. It presents carbon capture and storage through a Green Economy lens, outlining the potential in terms of natural systems, from forests to grasslands which have been doing the job in a tried and tested way for millennia. Currently the world's ecosystems instead of maintaining and enhancing nature's carbon capture and storage capacity, are being depleted at an alarming rate. This authoritative report, compiled for World Environment Day on 5th June, underlines a far greater potential across a wider suite of natural systems: a potential to not only combat climate change and climate-proof vulnerable economies but to also accelerate sustainable development and the achievement of the poverty related Millennium Development Goals.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 21, 2026