Climate Change
This climate change webpage provides information, resources, briefs and additional links to help describe the forest products industry’s unique role and perspective on climate change policy options. This section will be updated with new information as it becomes available.
Forestry Participation in Climate Change Challenge
Forestry Technical Working Group (website)
Washington Governor’s Climate Change Challenge (pdf)
Governor Gregoire Executive Order - 2/7/2007
Western Regional Climate Action Initiative (pdf)
Western Governor’s Association and British Columbia Agreement - 2007
Updates
12/12/2007 Overview of the Governor's Process & Outcomes from the Forestry Work Group (pdf)
5/23/2007 Governor’s Executive Order and Stakeholder Process (pdf)
Information
Biomass Renewable Energy Fact Sheet (pdf)
California Forest Products Commission – 2007
Climate Change: Forests and Carbon Sequestration (pdf)
Eco-Link, Temperate Forest Foundation – 2007
Modern Forestry and Climate Change (pdf)
California Forest Products Commission – 2007
Sustainable Forestry (pdf)
WFPA – 2007
Presentations
Cellulosic Ethanol: The State of the Technology (pdf)
U.S. Department of Energy - 2006
Overview of Governor's Process and Positive Outcomes from the Forestry Technical Working Group (pdf)
Research and Reports
A Large Carbon Sink in the Woody Biomass of Northern Forests (pdf)
Proceedings National Academy of Sciences - 2001
Carbon Accounting and Carbon Offsets from Forestry Projects (pdf)
Cathcart and Delaney - 2006
Carbon Measurement Technical Guidelines (pdf)
Georgia Forest Carbon Registry
Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry Guidance for Greenhouse Gases Project Accounting (pdf)
World Resources Institute - 2006
The Physical Science Basis - Summary (pdf)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - 2007
Links
- California Climate Action Registry
- California Forest Products Commission
- Carbon Trading: A Primer for Forest Landowners (Warnell School of Forestry)
- Chicago Climate Registry
- The Climate Registry
- Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM)
- Department of Energy Carbon Registry: 1605(b)
- Eastern Carbon Registry
- Georgia Carbon Registry
- Georgia Forestry Commission
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Oregon Forest Resources Institute: Forests, Carbon and Climate Change
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: Kyoto Protocol
- Washington State Governor’s Climate Change Challenge
- West Coast Governor’s Global Warming Initiative
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development: Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative
- World Resources Institute