ICAS Blue Carbon & Climate Change Program

About the Program

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The ICAS Blue Carbon and Climate Change (BCCC) Program explores new policy pathways for sustainably developing the blue carbon economy and combating climate change.

The goal of this program is to establish a platform for academic exchange between experts around the world to produce tangible policy recommendations for countries to follow together. Most prominently, the program endeavors to find new pathways for multilateral engagement and mediation in areas of competition to promote mutually beneficial cooperation on climate change where possible.

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Featured Projects

Released the first week of every new quarter, the BCCC Quarterly is a magazine-style newsletter that records the most important trends and developments regarding blue carbon and climate change policies and regulations in China, the U.S., and other regions, as well as international regimes, such as under the United Nations framework. It also includes two special sections—the ‘Theme of the Quarter’ and the ‘Blue Carbon Country Profile’—that aim to bring a fresh and applicable element to each issue.

The ICAS Team also produces a concentrated Chinese language version of this product to disseminate to an Asian audience so that both sides have access to our research.

Working in a field that itself is still coming to light, the BCCC Program Team releases commentaries, issue briefs, and other analytical publications that explore the complexities and emerging news in the field of blue carbon.

Hosted periodically throughout the year, ICAS Blue Carbon & Climate Change (BCCC) events promote the free and equal exchange of ideas on policy pathways for sustainably developing the blue carbon economy and combatting climate change, especially as they relate to or involve the United States, China, and other regions.