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Climate mitigation potential for European forests and forest-based sectors
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Internationales Institut Fuer Angewandte Systemanalyse, Universitaet Fuer Bodenkultur Wien, Johann Heinrich Von Thuenen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut Fuer Laendliche Raeume, Wald Und Fischerei, Agenzia Nazionale Per Le Nuove Tecnologie, L’energia E Lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile, Forest Environmental Research And Services Limited, University College Dublin, Institute For European Environmental Policy, Yucatrote Lda, E3-Modelling, Climate Analytics, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Helmholtz Zentrum Potsdam, Pilli Roberto, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Ifer Ustav Pro Vyzkum Lesnich Ekosystemu Sro, Helsingin Yliopisto, Stichting Wageningen Research, Arttic Innovation, Institut Technologique, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule, Jrc – Joint Research Centre – European Commission, Peking University, Zhejiang University
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The European Union set itself a legal target of climate neutrality by 2050, with an intermediate target of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. Towards these ambitious targets (Fit for 55), it is proposed that Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forests (LULUCF) should deliver a sink to compensate for residual emissions in the other sectors.
Considering that the rate of carbon removal in European forests is declining due to an increase in wood demands, natural disturbances, and shares of forests reaching maturity, it is essential to promote actions to sustain and enhance carbon sink.
The ForestNavigator project will quantitatively assess the potential, scope, effectiveness and impacts of potential forest-based mitigation pathways and address the threat posed by climate change and natural disturbances to the permanence of carbon stocks. It will provide a comprehensive and consistent assessment of the environmental and socioeconomic benefits and trade-offs in achieving policy challenges such as the medium (2030) and long-term EU climate goals (climate neutrality by 2050).
In a consortium of 24 partner institutions from the EU and China, Climate Analytics' responsibility is to lead the development of the ForestNavigator Portal: a web-based portal supporting decision making related to forest management by EU Member States and Associated countries by providing them with appropriate tools, models, databases and country- and region-specific adaptation and mitigation options.
This also includes two open-access online tools.
- The Forest Data Explorer will visualise spatially explicit datasets providing high-resolution information linked to forest adaptation and mitigation potentials;
- The Forest Pathways Explorer will visualise alternative pathways for the EU and the member states forests with associated socioeconomic and environmental performances.
Additionally, Climate Analytics facilitates the stakeholder dialogue and manages the outreach of project activities and results. Through stakeholder workshops and consistent iterative engagement activities, stakeholders will have a central role in guiding research questions by providing input on their preferences for forest management options, forest-based markets and policy goals.
