Assessment of Carbon Sinks Trading Potential and Development Path Based on Xiamen

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10.2991/978-2-38476-475-4_131How to use a DOI?

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Marine Carbon Sink; Carbon Sink Trading; Xiamen develop pathway

Abstract

This study assesses the potential and development path of carbon trading in Xiamen. As a typical coastal city with rich marine ecosystems such as mangrove forests, coastal wetlands, and shellfish aquaculture, Xiamen faces the challenges of contradictions between high economic carbon emissions and carbon sinks, inefficient technological transformations, and lagging policies in the development of carbon sinks. Through a multi-dimensional analysis framework that integrates ecology, economy, and policy (“policy-driven-ecological assessment-market implementation”), the study quantifies the carbon sequestration capacity of marine carbon sinks (e.g., the annual potential of more than 30,000 tons). It reveals the problems of insufficient market mechanisms and technology adaptation. Drawing on international experience (e.g., the California Blue Carbon Program), the study proposes strategies such as building a dynamic accounting system for ocean carbon sinks, innovating financial instruments such as blue carbon bonds, and strengthening cross-sectoral synergies. Relying on the policy advantages of the Free Trade Zone and the technological breakthroughs in marine carbon sinks, Xiamen can promote the upgrading of the industry chain of mangrove restoration, shellfish farming, and wetland protection, and explore cross-border carbon sinks cooperation, to promote the in-depth synergy between ecological protection and economic development.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Danqi Wang
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/11/11
TI  - Assessment of Carbon Sinks Trading Potential and Development Path Based on Xiamen
BT  - Proceedings of the 2025 10th International Conference on Modern Management, Education and Social Sciences (MMET 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1193
EP  - 1202
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-475-4_131
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-475-4_131
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