Climate Foundation | MCD Global Health

The Climate Foundation has been working for over a decade to develop technologies to achieve global carbon balance and is now partnering with MCD Global Health to enhance Coastal Community Value Chains with Marine Permaculture.

Overview

Developing countries are the most vulnerable to food insecurity, which will be intensified by climate change.

More reliant on small-scale agri/aquaculture, their populations are disproportionately hit harder when climate disruption decimates marine life and crop yields, impoverishing millions.

One of the most promising solutions is Marine Permaculture arrays - floating platforms that use wave energy to provide irrigation of nutrient rich waters for seaweed growth.

These arrays offer a myriad of benefits as the seaweed provides a habitat to highly diverse marine species, reduces CO2 levels in the water and air, and its extract can be converted into nutrient-rich fertiliser for agricultural lands.

MCD as well as the Climate Foundation plan to station these arrays into the open ocean and encourage community-led management of them. This plan will provide food, fish, fertiliser and jobs – which will improve the economy, lower the crime rate, make the community safer, improve the quality of life, and reduce the negative effects of climate change.

“A Marine Permaculture array (of 100 hectare) can offset as much CO2 per year as 457 American households emit.”

Climate Foundation