Charcoal production from mangrove plantations serves as the main income source and livelihood of farmers in the Yessarn area. In this example, climate change mitigation (through mangrove plantation and charcoal utilization and soil carbon sequestration) and adaptation (through the incomes from charcoal production and from preventing damages from sea level rise and storm surge, for example) are interlinked and compatible, and policy approaches to address them can be mutually supportive. While acting as the media to buffer damages due to climate change impacts, mangrove forest ecosystem is also one of the highest carbon stock densities. Protecting mangrove forest thus helps mitigate CO2 emissions while supporting livelihoods and their capacities to adapt to climate change.