The increasing interest in bio-based construction materials has resulted in the emergence of
the concept of “buildings as a carbon sink”. Quantifying and comparing the effects of carbon …

Wood use is expanding to new markets, driven by the need to substitute fossil-intensive
products and energy. Wood products can contribute to climate change mitigation, if they …

Executive Summary The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use1 (AFOLU) sector
encompasses managed ecosystems and offers significant mitigation opportunities while …

Key message Climate change is posing a considerable challenge to foresters. The intensity
of required adaptive measures and the relevance of old-growth forests as benchmark for …

A displacement factor (DF) may be used to describe the efficiency of using wood-based
products or fuels instead of fossil-based ones to reduce net greenhouse gas (GHG) …

The built environment significantly contributes to climate change. There is pressure on the
construction industry to find and use alternative sustainable environmentally friendly …

There is strong evidence that wood-based products are typically associated with lower fossil-
based emissions over their lifecycle than functionally equivalent products made from other …

Wood resources have been essential for human welfare throughout history. Also nowadays,
the volume of growing stock (GS) is considered one of the most important forest attributes …

Understanding the carbon (C) balance in global forest is key for climate-change mitigation.
However, land use and environmental drivers affecting global forest C fluxes remain poorly …

This report addresses the role of forest products in replacing fossil-based and GHG-
intensive products. The overarching objective is to provide recommendations to strengthen …