The Blue Carbon Finance Toolbox aims to provide the global blue carbon community with an overall guide to understanding and leveraging finance mechanisms that support the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of blue carbon ecosystems. These ecosystems, namely mangroves, tidal marshes, and seagrasses, play essential roles in mitigating climate change via carbon sequestration and storage, facilitating adaptation to climate change, supporting biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, and sustaining the livelihoods of coastal communities. This toolbox synthesises existing and potential finance mechanisms, identifies gaps, and offers actionable recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of blue carbon finance.
