The potential for carbon capture in the ocean can protect Southeast Asia’s coastlines and mitigate environmental damage, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. “As countries and companies become more conscious of their carbon footprints while striving to achieve net-zero, some have started to look to the ocean — particularly its coastal areas,” the ADB said in a blog. “These areas are seen as an untapped source of ‘blue carbon,’ which refers to the carbon captured and stored in coastal and marine ecosystems, such as mangroves and seagrass meadows,” it added.

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