The Role of Forests in Climate Change Mitigation: The EU Context

Abstract The European Union (EU) aims at reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. Within the land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) sector, will contribute to this target with CO 2 sink, harvested wood products (HWP), use of for material or energy substitution. Despite fact that forest sink currently offsets about 9% total EU GHG emissions, evaluating its future mitigation potential is challenging because complex interactions between human natural impacts on growth accumulation. Regulation 2018/841 has improved robustness, accuracy, credibility accounting emissions removals in LULUCF sector. For based Forest Reference Level (FRL), i.e., a projected country-specific value against which actual be compared. resulting difference count toward period 2021–2030. Here, we provide an overview contribution forests HWP 2021–2025 (proposed FRLs) focus mountain through exploring co-benefits adverse side effects climate regulation other ecosystem services.