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Forestry and Climate Change – to Copenhagen and beyond

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Background

 

Forests are linked with climate change in various ways: they are affected by climate change, when degraded or removed they contribute to climate change through greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and they contribute to climate change mitigation by sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during afforestation and reforestation. Furthermore, the use of wood for products and fuel reduces GHG emissions from competing, more carbon-intensive products.

 

At the 13th Conference of Parties in Bali in December 2007, Parties to the UNFCCC included in their Bali Action Plan the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, conservation, sustainable forest management and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries. A decision for both Annex I and Annex II countries on whether and how forestry will be dealt with in the post 2012 climate arrangement is expected to be taken at the UNFCCC COP 15 scheduled for early December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

The WFC represents an excellent opportunity for the global forest community to discuss advances on technical aspects related to questions such as: how forests can contribute to mitigating climate change and how the impacts of climate change on forests and people can be addressed. The Roundtable on Forests and Climate Change also aims to develop some technical recommendations on how to include forests in the 2012 regime in an effective way. The recommendation will be presented to the world forestry community at COP 15.

 

Objectives

 

To share views on the challenges and opportunities for forestry in the context of climate change.


To strengthen the knowledge of WFC participants on issues related to forestry and climate change.


To exchange different views on the role of forestry on climate change in post-2012 regime to be negotiated at the COP 15

 

 

Outcomes

 

A shared understanding of the challenges and opportunities for the forestry sector in the climate negotiations;

 

Recommendations on technical issues of the global forestry sector to UNFCCC COP 15 at Copenhagen.