Description
Over the past four decades, forests have helped mitigate the effects of climate change by absorbing about a quarter of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activities.
With increasing pressures from droughts and unprecedented wildfires, the strain on forests is growing, destroying entire forest areas, threatening biodiversity, and depleting wood resources. Today, the survival of this ecosystem is at a crossroads, with multiple challenges at stake—ecological, social, economic, and climatic. Forests are not only irreplaceable carbon sinks, they also help regions adapt to climate change. What conditions are needed for forests to successfully adapt?
Speakers
- Julie Marsaud, Advocacy expert, WWF
- Stéphane Obscur, Head of Legal Clearance Obligations, Marseille City Council
- Thomas Villiers, Climate Change Coordinator, Office National des Forêts (French National Forestry Office)
- Michael Weber, Senator for Moselle, President of the French Federation of Regional Nature Parks