Forest-Climate Working Group

The Forest-Climate Working Group (FCWG) is a broad and diverse coalition of forest stakeholders formed to develop consensus recommendations for U.S. forest components of federal climate legislation. The participants in the Forest-Climate Working Group — landowner, industry, conservation, wildlife, carbon finance, and forestry organizations — engaged in a year of facilitated consensus dialog to develop this policy platform. Their recommendations focus in three areas:  1) Offset Credits for Forest Carbon Activities; 2) Beyond Offsets - Incentive, Research, and Technical Assistance Programs; and 3) Forest Adaptation; which are detailed in this report.

Among the 30 members of FCWG are many of the nation’s largest and best-known conservation groups including the Environmental Defense Fund, National Wildlife Federation, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Wilderness Society, as well as timber giant Plum Creek.  The Forest-Climate Working Group intends to work closely with Congress and the Obama administration to develop strong forest-climate policy.

Publication Date: February 2009

Sectors:

• Biodiversity and ecosystems
• Forestry

Resource Category:

• Solutions

Resource Types:

• Policy analysis/recommendations

Impacts:

• Air temperature
• Economic
• Extreme storms and hurricanes
• Invasive species and pests
• Water supply
• Wildfires

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