Including the closely related terms sequestering, and sequester.
… by: • burning of fossil fuels for energy • agriculture and deforestation • the manufacture of cement, chemicals and metals About 43% of the carbon dioxide produced goes into the atmosphere, and the rest is absorbed by plants and the oceans. Deforestation reduces the number of trees sequestering carbon dioxide and releases the carbon contained in those trees back…
…/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 Figure 2: LED Street Light project GHG emission savings from 2012/13 to 2019/20 3. Past successes 3.4 Upton Court Park Jubilee Wood forest As opposed to reducing carbon emissions, this forestry project draws down carbon that can be used as a form of carbon offset. Initiated in 2013, the woodland has sequestered 11…