ICFPA releases policy statement on climate change
The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations, ICFPA, released its statement on climate change ahead of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in Paris.
The statement presents the contributions of forests and the forest products industry to the mitigation of global climate change and calls on governments to recognize these contributions.
“Forests and the global forest products industry have a key role in helping to mitigate climate change. A low carbon economy has to consider the forest industry as a contributor to climate solutions,” said Marco Mensink, Director General of the Confederation of European Paper Industries, CEPI.
“With this policy statement, we are encouraging national governments to recognize and foster all positive contributions that forests and forest products provide in combating climate change”, Mensink says.
The industry has made significant contributions to mitigate climate change. In addition to greenhouse gas removals and stocking carbon in products, ICFPA members have achieved an impressive drop in their greenhouse gas emissions intensity: Five percent since 2010/2011 and 17 percent since the 2004-2005 baseline year.
The full statement is available at:
The Forest Products Industry - Part of the Solution to Climate Change