Blue Carbon Ecosystems (BCEs) help mitigate and adapt to climate change but their integration into policy, such as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), remains underdeveloped. Most BCE conservation requires community engagement, hence community-scale projects must be nested within the implementation of NDCs without compromising livelihoods or social justice. Thirty-three experts, drawn from academia, project development and policy, each developed ten key questions for consideration on how to achieve this. These questions were distilled into ten themes, ranked in order of importance, giving three broad categories of people, policy & finance, and science & technology. Critical considerations for success include the need for genuine participation by communities, inclusive project governance, integration of local work into national policies and practices, sustaining livelihoods and income (for example through the voluntary carbon market and/or national Payment for Ecosystem Services and other types of financial compensation schemes) and simplification of carbon accounting and verification methodologies to lower barriers to entry.

中文翻译：

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整合蓝色：我们如何让国家自主贡献为蓝碳和当地沿海社区服务？

蓝碳生态系统 (BCE) 有助于缓解和适应气候变化，但它们与国家自主贡献 (NDC) 等政策的整合仍然不发达。大多数 BCE 保护需要社区参与，因此社区规模的项目必须嵌套在 NDC 的实施中，而不会损害生计或社会正义。来自学术界、项目开发和政策的 33 位专家分别提出了十个关键问题，以供考虑如何实现这一目标。这些问题被提炼成十个主题，按重要性排序，分为三大类：政策与金融以及科学与技术。成功的关键考虑因素包括需要社区真正参与、包容性项目治理、