This blog post has originally been published by ForestPaths' coordinator Hans Verkerk here.  The EU is committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% in 2030 and to become climate neutral by 2050. One could argue that these targets are too little, too late, but if we are even to reach these figures, we need urgent and major reforms, involving the whole economy and all parts of society. Besides fighting climate change, we also...

How can we meet EU targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and become climate neutral by 2050? The newly-funded project ForestPaths coordinated by the European Forest Institute has a plan. And with the month of September upon us, the project's plan is now officially in action. ForestPaths will work on forest-based policy pathways optimising forests' contribution to climate change mitigation while conserving biodiversity and sustaining...