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Press releases

EU’s Environment Committee recognises role of forests in fighting climate change but fails on bioenergy

The European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Committee today voted to increase removals of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by forests from 2030 onwards, recognising the important role that EU...

11/07/2017

Press releases

One step forward, two steps back for EU on climate and forests

Today, the European Parliament took one step forward and two steps back for the climate and forests.Read the full Press ReleaseOn a positive front, the Environment Committee voted to strengthen the EU’s climate target for the...

30/05/2017

Films

Why European forests matter for the climate

22/05/2017

NGO statements

NGO letter: EU LULUCF rules will set an international precedent

The EU is in the process of deciding the accounting rules for land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) for the post-2020 period. The EU’s decision will have international significance. 21 NGOs send a letter to European...

16/05/2017

Reports

Arctic Limits: How Finland’s forest policies threaten the Sámi and the climate

Finland is a test case in the fight against climate change. As the world edges closer to breaching the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global temperature rises below 2 degrees, forests have become increasingly important in...

08/03/2017

Press releases

Le climat et le peuple Sámi menacés alors que la Finlande essaie de cacher ses émissions forestières

L’exploitation forestière industrielle de la Finlande menace le climat et son peuple indigène, les Sámis. Pourtant, l’année dernière, le gouvernement finlandais avait confirmé son intention d’augmenter le taux de récolte...

08/03/2017

NGO statements

NGO position on the post-2020 LULUCF Regulation

This position paper concludes that the EU should devise strong bioenergy sustainability criteria to ensure the EU only incentivises bioenergy that makes significant greenhouse gas savings and is resource efficient. It is endorsed...

09/12/2016

What are carbon sinks?

A carbon sink is anything that absorbs more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it releases.

European forests are currently a net carbon sink as they take in more carbon than they emit. In climate negotiations, this temporary...

01/11/2016

Films

Que signifie LULUCF?

Avez-vous déjà entendu parler de LULUCF?  Savez-vous ce que ça signifie ? Regarder cette vidéo claire et informative pour tout savoir sur  “l’utilisation des terres, changement d’affectation des terres et foresterie.” Cette vidéo...

21/10/2016

Forestry emissions and the EU’s risky LULUCF debate

Proposed changes in the way the EU accounts for land use and land use change (LULUCF) emissions are scientifically flawed and could lead to dangerous global warming.

Healthy forests are crucial to achieving the Paris Agreement’s...

19/05/2016