Forests and wood products propelling a low-carbon future. Poster

Forests and wood products propelling a low-carbon future. Poster

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The <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5857e.pdf">FAO Forestry Paper 177</a> ‘Forestry for a low-carbon future: Integrating forests and wood products in climate change strategies’ released in July 2016 was produced through the online collaboration of 113 experts worldwide. This Forestry paper provides illustrations of how trees in a "virtuous cycle" not only remove carbon during their life time but continue to store it in wood products. The Forestry Paper’s approach of integratin g forests and wood products based mitigation is unique and relevant in the context of cross-sectoral approaches in the backdrop of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. Forests are mentioned in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions to mitigation of more than 100 countries. Value chains of wood, for example wood-based building materials and biomass for energy, help to avoid fossil fuel emissions through substitution effects. Such roles of sustainably-produced wood are less-recognized widely, but are equally significant for mitigation as made clearer in this Forestry Paper. The Forestry paper indicates how households and consumers can contribute to mitigation through the use of sustainably-sourced wood and thereby help to expand a low-carbon economy. Interest in the publication is expected to grow beyond policymakers and climate change experts to engineers, architects and designers, where it could serve as an important resource for planning and energy sect or development. The booklet ‘Forests and wood products propelling a low carbon future’ showcases some key messages from the Forestry paper using infographics.