What is the current status of monitoring, mitigation, and verification techniques?
These three components have a vital role in proving the permanence of CO2 storage in terrestrial ecosystems. Continued research is needed, particularly since quantifying CO2 leakage rates from terrestrial ecosystems using current technology is more challenging than identifying leaks in geologic storage formations. In addition, the development of robust and flexible accounting protocols that function within future regulatory and market regimes is critical to the verification of long-term storage in terrestrial ecosystems.
