Practical Information
Date: Wednesday 17 September 2014 09.00–13.00
Place: Vitenparken, Fredrik A. Dahlsv. 8, Ås
Web: vitenparken.no
Registration
The seminar is free of charge. Please register at post@skogoglandskap.no
by Friday 12 September at the latest.
Information: Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute. Tel: +47 64 94 80 00
skogeier.no
skogoglandskap.no
Cover photo: Per K. Bjørklund, © Skog og landskap
Boreal Forest in the Climate
System and Bioeconomy
Wednesday 17 September 2014, Ås
From left: ­Minister
of Climate and
Environment Tine
Sundtoft, Rajendra
Kumar Pachauri,
Chairperson of the
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC), Erik
Lahnstein, Director of
the Norwegian Forest
Owners’ Federation
and Trygve Enger,
director at Skog­
selskapet in Arendal,
Norway, 12 August
2014. Photo: Simen
Thorsdal
The Role of Forests in Mitigating
­Climate Change
Programme
09.00–09.10
Welcome – Arne Bardalen, Director General, Norwegian Forest
and Landscape Institute
09.10–09.35
Boreal Forest and the Climate System – synthesis of the IPCC
AR5 Findings. Professor Anders H. Strømman, NTNU, Norway
09.35–10.00
Shifting from Non-renewables to Renewables: How Do We
Facilitate the Change? Dr. Hillevi Eriksson, Swedish Forest
Agency, Sweden
10.00–10.25
Potential Roles of Nordic Forestry in the Context of Climate
Change Mitigation. Professor Tomas Lundmark, SLU, Sweden
10.25–10.50
Coffee break
10.50–11.15
The Finnish Bioeconomy Strategy. Director Sixten Sunabacka,
Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Finland
11.15–11.40
An Outlook for the Forest Carbon Sink Strength and Biomass
Production in the Nordic Countries. Dr. Rasmus Astrup, NFLI
11.40–12.05
Climate Change Mitigation: The Role of the Boreal Forest.
­Minister of Climate and Environment, Tine Sundtoft
12.05–12.55
Panel discussion with the minister and presenters
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has confirmed that
the use of forest materials can help to meet global climate and energy targets.
12.55–13.00
Summary and closing of the meeting
The boreal forests can sequester a great deal more carbon and provide an
infinite supply of renewable energy and raw materials.
Moderator: Erik Lahnstein, Director of the Norwegian Forest Owners’ F
­ ederation
Strategic decisions taken today will be decisive for the roles played by different
countries and industrial communities in the future bioeconomy.
Participants at the seminar Boreal Forest in the Climate System and
­Bioeconomy to be held on 17 September include the Norwegian Minister of
­Climate and Environment and several of the Nordic region’s foremost scientists.
They will be presenting the most up-to-date information on the role of Nordic
forests in combating climate change and the potential industrial opportunities
inherent in the green transformation.