The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UK Forestry Commission have produced a 17-minute video on "Forests and Climate Change: a Convenient Truth."

The video shows how forests can contribute to the mitigation of climate change, stressing the importance of reversing forest loss.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UK Forestry Commission have produced a 17-minute video on "Forests and Climate Change: a Convenient Truth."

The video shows how forests can contribute to the mitigation of climate change, stressing the importance of reversing forest loss.

Forests store more carbon than all the world’s remaining oil stocks. Continuing deforestation and forest degradation account for almost one-fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions – more than the entire global transport sector.

Wood is good

“A Convenient Truth” explains how society can combat climate change by conserving and managing existing forests, by tackling causes of deforestation and by planting new forests. It stresses the use of wood as a renewable energy source and as a raw material, pointing out that wood products store carbon for their entire lifetime, until they decay or are burned.

A section on adaptation notes how the world’s changing climate will affect the health and composition of forests and stresses the importance of adapting and planning ahead for the changes.


> Watch the video (choose english version)


Source: FAO