Global Emissions Targets Will Not Be Met Unless Forests Are Included in the Next Global Climate Agreement

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Global Emissions Targets Will Not Be Met Unless Forests Are Included in the Next Global Climate Agreement

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POZNAN (8 December 2008)—With growing concern that governments will fail to reach consensus on the role of forests in the next global climate pact, an alliance of international forestry and environmental organizations today called on negotiators to include forests in mechanisms to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change.

“Forests are crucial to fighting and adapting to climate change,” said Frances Seymour, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) at a press conference today following Forest Day 2 at the UNFCCC 14th Conference of the Parties (COP-14) in Poznan, Poland. “We must include forests in our strategies to deal with climate change. If we do not, we could face a nightmare scenario, a positive feedback loop, in which emissions from deforestation and degradation feed global warming, which in turn accelerates forest loss.” more in English | Bahasa Indonesia