The increasing interest in bio-based construction materials has resulted in the emergence of
the concept of “buildings as a carbon sink”. Quantifying and comparing the effects of carbon …

Improved forest management (IFM) has the potential to remove and store large quantities of
carbon from the atmosphere. Around the world, 293 IFM offset projects have produced 11 …

Executive summary Land and climate interact in complex ways through changes in forcing
and multiple biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks across different spatial and …

Forests have multiple roles, but the role of forests in climate change mitigation has become
increasingly important due to the urgent need to reduce climate change impacts. Forests …

There is a clear need for transformative change in the land management and food
production sectors to address the global land challenges of climate change mitigation …

Wood use is expanding to new markets, driven by the need to substitute fossil-intensive
products and energy. Wood products can contribute to climate change mitigation, if they …

A displacement factor (DF) may be used to describe the efficiency of using wood-based
products or fuels instead of fossil-based ones to reduce net greenhouse gas (GHG) …

The 1.5° C target for global warming calls for evaluating short-term (30–50 years) climate
change mitigation with different forests usage. In the current scientific literature and in the …

Global forests have the potential to significantly increase or reduce atmospheric greenhouse
gas (GHG) concentration. Harvested wood products (HWP) are an important part of the …

Responsible stewardship of temperate forests can address key challenges posed by climate
change through sequestering carbon, producing low-carbon products, and mitigating …