At the EU ‘Environment’ Council on Tuesday 17 March, the European ministers drew a widely shared conclusion: the current framework of the LULUCF (Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry) regulation no longer sufficiently reflects the climatic reality facing Europe’s forests and soils.
Many Member States have pointed out that Europe’s forests are currently facing an increasing number of extreme events: prolonged droughts, storms, fires and attacks by pests such as bark beetles. These...