Peatlands: hotspots for emissions reductions

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  • Climate mitigation and adaptation

Peatlands play a critical role in climate regulation, storing twice as much carbon as the entire world’s forest biomass and emitting large amounts of carbon when drained. The UNFCCC provides significant opportunities to safeguard and restore these concentrated and important reservoirs of terrestrial carbon.

Peatlands: hotspots for emissions reductions