Forests and forestry play a key role in policy targets to achieve climate neutrality. In a comprehensive new European Forest Institute study, a multidisciplinary team of 12 authors from 7 countries have analysed how much forests and wood use can contribute to climate change mitigation, and how that contribution can be maximised.
Citation
Verkerk, P.J., Delacote, P., Hurmekoski, E., Kunttu, J., Matthews, R., Mäkipää, R., Mosley, F., Perugini, L., Reyer, C. P. O., Roe, S., Trømborg, E. 2022. Forest-based climate change mitigation and adaptation in Europe. From Science to Policy 14. European Forest Institute. https://doi.org/10.36333/fs14
Number of pages: 76
ISBN: 978-952-7426-22-7
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Philippe Delacote
Elias Hurmekoski
Janni Kunttu
Robert Matthews
Raisa Mäkipää
Fredric Mosley
Lucia Perugini
Christopher P.O. Reyer
Stephanie Roe
Erik Trømborg
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