TSU scientists proposed including swamps in the Paris Agreement
TSU scientists took the initiative to include swamps in the calculation mechanisms for quotas under the Paris Agreement (formerly the Kyoto Protocol). The agreement aims to curb climate change caused by anthropogenic factors, primarily CO₂ emissions into the atmosphere. It is believed that the bulk of carbon dioxide is absorbed by forests. According to TSU scientists, an even greater role is played by the wetland landscapes that Russia is rich in, and taking them into account for quotas can bring major bonuses to Russia.
- Western Siberia is a unique region, - explains Sergey Kirpotin, director of the TSU Center for Excellence Bio-Clim-Land, one of the authors of the initiative. - It has 40% of the pristine swamp ecosystems of the world. For millennia, carbon has been bound and accumulated in the peat body of swamps, reducing the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and thereby reducing the greenhouse effect. The swamps of Western Siberia are the largest natural storage of carbon on our planet, they are a kind of atmospheric cooler on a global level, and Big Vasyugan has no analog among them—it is the largest natural “air conditioning” on the planet’s land. We provide a serious environmental service to the whole world.
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