Bapon (SHM) Fakhruddin, PhD

Water and Climate Leader| Strategic Investment Partnerships and Co-Investments| Professor| EW4ALL| Board Member| Chair- CODATA TG| Award Winner (SDG 2021, EWS 2025)

Wood Vaults: A Nature-Inspired Solution for Long-Term Carbon Storage

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A new, innovative approach to combat climate change by burying wood in engineered “wood vaults” to store carbon long-term. Inspired by a 3775-year-old preserved wood log found in Quebec, this method could sequester up to 10 gigatonnes of CO2 globally per year. It’s cost-effective, ranging from $30 to $200 per tonne of CO2, making it competitive with other carbon capture methods. The approach leverages sustainable forest management practices and could be particularly impactful in South America, Africa, and Asia. While promising, further research is needed to adapt this method to various environments and develop proper monitoring protocols. This innovative solution combines nature and engineering to address our urgent climate challenges.

ClimateAction #CarbonSequestration #WoodVaults #NatureBasedSolutions #ClimateInnovation #SustainableForestry #CO2Reduction #ClimateMitigation

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Dr Fakhruddin is an expert climate change risk assessor with 18 years’ global experience in working on disaster risk and climate resilience projects. This experience is a major advantage in climate change adaptation and mitigation strategy development. His key areas of expertise are climate and multi-hazard risk assessment, disaster preparedness, early warning and emergency response and coastal community resilience. He has designed climate change and disaster response projects more than 25 countries in Asia and the Pacific. During his career, Dr Fakhruddin helped to design major international multi-hazard early warning systems for floods, cyclone and tsunami to save life and property damage. His most high profile work has been developing multi-hazard warning systems including a tsunami warning system for Indian Ocean countries following the deadliest one in history – the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. Dr Fakhruddin is currently work as a mentor and supervisor for postgraduate study in disaster risk management in University of Auckland (UoA). He is a Science Committee Member of IRDR of ICSU/UNISDR, Co-Chair for the Disaster Loss DATA and Risk Interpretation and Applications (RIA) Working Group of IRDR of ICSU/UNISDR. He is also Co-Chair CODATA task group Linked Open Data for Global Disaster Risk Research (LODGD) and PSG member of the Coastal Inundation Forecasting Demonstration Project (CIFDP) and Open Panel of Commission for Hydrology Experts (OPACHE) of WMO. Recently Dr Fakhruddin appointed by the Government of New Zealand to develop national climate change risk assessment framework