Keyword: climate change

Wood industry at COP 27: Combining climate protection and business

    At the COP 27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Austria's timber [...]

French wood industry gets pivotal role in plans to achieve climate objectives

As part of the France 2030 plan and to enable France to achieve its climate objectives, the wood industry will [...]

European trade shows in opening weeks of 2020 the ”Greta effect”

As usual in January, the IMM furniture fair in Cologne and the Domotex flooring show in Hamburg were key events [...]

Russian forest industry in crisis due to warm weather that impedes logging

The forest industry in Russia is currently in a crisis situation because of the abnormally warm weather this winter. The [...]
February 12, 2020 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Russia

Trump wants to help plant 1 trillion trees

    President Trump announced the United States will join a 1 trillion trees initiative launched at the [...]
February 12, 2020 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America

Climate change debate threatens the European hardwood market

Headline figures for sawn hardwood consumption in Europe show that demand has been flat for the last decade. However, these [...]

Austrian wood industry hit hard by climate change

Record snowfall, extreme drought and the hottest June in the history: weather extremes once again shaped the forest year 2019 [...]

Forest industry in Germany targets pact to mitigate climate damage

    A comprehensive "pact for the forest" is needed to get the damage caused by drought and [...]
September 5, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Europe

CO2 cuts supported by the European Parliament as to fulfill Paris climate targets

CO2 emitted by transport, farming, buildings and waste must be cut by 30% across the EU; CO2 emitted and absorbed [...]
May 9, 2018 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Europe