1、Blue CarbonChallenges and opportunities to mitigate the climate and biodiversity crisesBlue CarbonChallenges and opportunities to mitigate the climate and biodiversity crisesN 11 October 2023This policy brief is the result of an ad hoc Working Group established by the European Marine Board to addres

2、s Blue Carbon.The list of Working Group members and reviewers can be found on page 13.The European Marine Board provides a pan-European platform for its Member organisations to develop common priorities,advance marine research,and to bridge the gap between science and policy in order to meet future

3、marine science challenges and opportunities.The European Marine Board(EMB)is an independent and self-sustaining science policy interface organisation that currently represents 37 Member organisations from 18 European countries.It was established in 1995 to facilitate enhanced cooperation between Eur

4、opean marine science organisations towards the development of a common vision on the strategic research priorities for marine science in Europe.The EMB promotes and supports knowledge transfer for improved leadership in European marine research.Its membership includes major national marine or oceano

5、graphic institutes,research funding agencies and national consortia of universities with a strong marine research focus.Adopting a strategic role,the European Marine Board serves its Member organisations by providing a forum within which marine research policy advice is developed and conveyed to nat

6、ional agencies and to the European Commission,with the objective of promoting the need for,and quality of,European marine research.www.marineboard.euEuropean Marine Board Member OrganisationsEuropean Marine Board IVZWNational Research Council of ItalyUNIVERSITS MARINESIrish Marine Universities Conso