Environmental Programme
We partner with the most effective marine carbon capture initiatives - capable of drawing down 20 times more carbon than land-based alternatives.
We raise funds for projects and organisations that mitigate the effects of climate change, with a focus on natural marine carbon capture, which takes carbon out of the atmosphere and locks it away in nature. We work with scientists to produce and deliver on conservation projects that will directly impact climate change and the release of greenhouse gasses. Where possible, our projects and programmes will work at the forefront of innovative thinking and technology to tackle the climate crisis.
Our Great British Sea Forest Campaign
A campaign to save our shores
This campaign brings together our projects protecting and restoring marine habitats on the British Coast. We select projects that are naturally capable of capturing huge amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. Platform Earth supported the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority in successfully securing the near-shore trawling exclusion bylaw in March 2021. Alongside scientists, local government, and environmentalists we are supporting the Sussex Kelp Restoration Project - a pioneering marine rewilding project.
Seaweed and carbon capture
Coastal ecosystems can sequester up to 20 times more carbon per acre than land forests. But populations of kelp have decreased by 96% on some areas of the British Coast, and we’re working to bring them back.
United communities in the fight against climate change
Our support for marine conservation programmes working to advance natural carbon capture has direct positive impacts on local communities. All our projects are developed in close consultation with stakeholders to ensure local ownership of each project, in turn boosting local economies, and their participation in tackling the carbon crisis.
Kelp as an ecosystem engineer
Supporting kelp has multiple knock-on effects for populations in and out of the water. Kelp promotes biodiversity and population growth of fish stocks, which in turn boost local fisheries and economies. The seaweed also acts as a barrier to storm waves - mitigating wave erosion by 70%.
Image: Diver, BBC