Hans Verkerk
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Climate-Smart Forestry: mitigation impacts in three European regions
This report shows how practical climate-smart forestry measures could affect CO₂ removals in case study regions in Spain, Czechia and Ireland.
- Resilient forests
Forest-based climate change mitigation and adaptation in Europe
How much forests and wood use can contribute to climate change mitigation, and how that contribution can be maximised?
- Resilient forests
How can a forest-based bioeconomy support biodiversity and climate neutrality?
Forests and forestry play a key role in climate change mitigation.
- Sustainable economy
How did EU-27 forests develop, and why do they differ from those of the past?
Trends in forest cover change have reversed in Europe, however, and the forest area has been expanding during the 20th and 21st century.
- Resilient forests
How has climate change affected EU forests and what might happen next?
Extreme weather events and other disturbances have been amplified, often connected to climate change.
- Resilient forests
Key questions on forests in the EU
This publication compiles key research findings in the form of 12 questions on forests in the EU and the benefits they provide to society.
- Resilient forests
Mapping wood flows to final product and energy uses in 2021 in the European Union
This study presents a material flow analysis of wood use across the European Union in 2021, tracking flows from forest harvest to end-of-life.
- Sustainable economy
Russian forests and climate change
Overview of how forest sector can help Russian Federation to meet its Paris Agreement targets
- Resilient forests
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What needs to happen for Europe’s forests to deliver on the 2050 climate and biodiversity goals?
Europe’s forests are central to reaching the EU’s climate and biodiversity goals for 2050. But what will it actually take to get there?
17 November 2026, 10:00–12:15, CET
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