Project Details

Description

It deals with suggesting alternative pathways for tomorrow’s forest tree cover and forest management that goes in line with climate mitigation of the forest while preserving biodiversity and ecosystem services at the same time. The methodology involves characterizing all possible climate effects including atmospheric chemistry and aerosols in the forest for a correct climate effects estimation and using both empirical data and modelling tools to quantify how climate and environment is affected. It employs forestry stakeholders to suggest new management alternatives at all geographical locations in Europe and replacement of short-lived forest products to long-lived ones for maximum carbon storage.

Popular science description

CLIMB-FOREST ska under fyra och ett halvt år skapa en helhetsbild av Europas skogar och skogsbruk. Målet är att kunna vägleda brukare och beslutsfattare med verktyg och modeller i dessa komplexa frågor. Det finns mycket kunskap i varje enskilt land men det finns ingen sammanställning över Europas hela skogsbestånd och hur skogarna mår.
Short titleCLIMB-FOREST
AcronymCLIMB-FOREST
StatusActive
Effective start/end date2022/10/012027/03/31

Collaborative partners

  • Lund University (lead)
  • Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (Nibio)
  • Catholic University of Leuven
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • University of Helsinki
  • Global Change Research Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences
  • University of Alcalá
  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
  • Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
  • University of Göttingen
  • University of Barcelona
  • Fundacion Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterraneo (CEAM)
  • Czech Technical University in Prague
  • Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée
  • Agricultural University of Krakow
  • ETH Zürich
  • OPPLA EEIG
  • Selvik Bruk AS

Funding

  • European Commission - Horizon Europe

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Climate Science
  • Other Physics Topics
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences

Free keywords

  • Forest management
  • Biodiversity
  • Ecosystem services
  • EU policy