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To prevent runaway climate change, humanity must conserve natural lands that store vast quantities of potentially climate‑warming carbon. Conservation International and partners are working to protect the ecosystems that contain much of this carbon.
Each time you listen to the sounds of these ecosystems on Spotify, proceeds will help protect the world's most climate-critical lands.
When forests, mangroves and peatlands are cleared for unsustainable agriculture or urban development, they release climate‑warming carbon stored in trees and soil.
Around the world, there are ecosystems with massive concentrations of “irrecoverable carbon” — that is, carbon that if emitted into the atmosphere due to human activity, could not be recovered by 2050 — effectively triggering catastrophic climate change.
As you virtually explore each region, you’ll be able to play its unique natural sounds. Every stream of these sounds on Spotify generates funds that will be used to help protect these vital ecosystems and their irrecoverable carbon reserves. The more you listen on Spotify, the more you help ensure we’ll still be able to hear the sounds of these lands in the future.
Explore the world, tune in to a region to hear its unique sounds and learn more about the lands we need to protect — and why. From the peatlands of the Congo Basin to the mangroves of the Guiana Coast to the forests of Australia, these ecosystems lock up some of the largest concentrations of climate‑warming carbon. Once they’re gone, there’s no turning back.
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- irrecoverable carbon explained (opens in a new tab)
- learn more about the research
Based on new research from Conservation International, nearly a quarter of the world’s irrecoverable carbon is located within protected areas.
Increasing the amount of land under protection in key areas by just 5 percent would keep a whopping 75 percent of Earth’s irrecoverable carbon from being released into the atmosphere.
We can do this. World leaders are rallying around a goal to protect 30 percent of the planet by 2030. By mobilizing resources to conserve lands with vast carbon reserves, we can help protect our climate future.
- irr. carbon map and research report (opens in a new tab)