Carbon sink

Reservoir or process, such as a forest, soil, or ocean, that removes and stores more carbon than it releases.

Definition source: IPCC; CSA Guide

Synonyms: carbon reservoir
Broader: Top concept of the scheme
Narrower: none
Counts as adaptation: Not an adaptation term.
Mitigation: Mitigation-specific
Provenance: Lexicon consensus
Identifier: CCC_23 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CCC_23
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CCC_23)