Carbon Sequestration

Carbon sequestration is a natural or artificial process by which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and held in solid or liquid form. In response to growing concerns about climate change resulting from increased carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, considerable interest has been drawn to the possibility of increasing the rate of carbon sequestration through changes in land use and forestry and also through geoengineering techniques such as carbon capture and storage. Therefore, China is firmly committed to a green, low-carbon, and high-quality development path, which insistently strengthens the planning and control of land use, strictly observes the red line of ecological protection, and continuously stabilizes the carbon sequestration role of existing forests, grasslands, wetlands, oceans, soil, and karst. By thoroughly controlling the amount of new construction land and putting existing urban and rural construction land to efficient reuse, China is making great efforts to address the prominent issue of resource and environmental constraints and to achieve better sustainable development.