FSC has joined 100+ NGOs supporting the #Together4Forests movement.
Why forests matter for the climate
Sustainable forestry is smart for the climate
In the fight against climate change, every forest counts. Forests capture and store carbon dioxide—one of the greenhouse gases that contributes to climate change.
Sustainably managed forests offer complementary benefits: They continually capture carbon in the soil and their biomass while providing countless materials we use every day. Using materials from sustainably managed forests can reduce our dependence on less sustainable materials like steel or concrete. In turn, these forest-based materials retain the carbon they capture even as they’re used to build the furniture, buildings, and bridges we rely on.
Nurture forests, capture carbon
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), restoring and sustainably managing the world’s forests can help us remove the equivalent of all the carbon emitted by oil usage every year.1
“There is currently just one proven way to remove carbon from the atmosphere at scale: forests.”
Kim Carstensen, FSC’s director general, talks about the challenge of climate change and how FSC can help brands take meaningful action.
Shop climate friendly with FSC and Amazon
FSC is a proud participant in Amazon’s “Climate Pledge Friendly” programme, which helps consumers choose sustainable products. FSC is the only programme participant that focuses exclusively on forest products.
Helping forest managers measure and verify carbon storage
“Ecosystem services” is a term used to describe all the benefits humans derive from nature. Our Ecosystem services procedure helps forest managers quantify the benefits their forests provide, including carbon storage.
As part of this procedure, we launched a carbon monitoring tool to give FSC certificate holders a cost-effective and practical way to assess the carbon captured and stored by their forests.
1. IPCC, Special Report: Climate Change and Land, Chapter 2
https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/4/2021/07/05_Chapter-2-V6.pdf
1. Global Carbon Budget 2021 https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/1917/2022/