System · Rationale

Peatland

Wetland ecosystem with waterlogged, organic peat soils that store large carbon stocks.

Definition source: IPCC 2013 Wetlands Supplement

Synonyms

peat bog, mire

Broader

Wetland

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Example of use

Climate context: sensitive to climate-driven drying, warming, and fire that can release stored carbon.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_046 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_046
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_046)