Home About Us Mission, Vision, Goals, Values Governing Committees Policy Issues Partners & Supporters Strategic Plan Staff & Careers Annual Report (4 MB) AFF's Structure AFF Research Grants News Press Releases Forest Facts Policy Issues Publications Events Carbon Sequestration AFF Research Grants donate now Donate Online Annual Fund Planned Giving Ways to Give Shop Policy Issues e-Newsletter Sign Up   Operating Committee Partnerships for Southern Forests Conservation Incentives Market-Based Conservation Incentives Workshop Prescribed Fire Invasive Species Publications Forests for Watersheds & Wildlife Forest-Climate Working Group Environmental Education PreK-12 PLT for Grades PreK-8 PLT for Grades 9-12 Recognizing Excellence Training & Professional Development Professional Development Workshops for Educators Issues Education for Adult Audiences Communities in Action GreenWorks!Service-Learning Grants GreenSchools!Program Connecting Children to Nature Forest Radio Series American Tree Farm System® AFF Standards of Sustainability Global Certification Family Forests Forest Facts Recognizing Excellence Future Sustainability New Markets Partners & Resources Forest-Climate Working Group The Forest-Climate Working Group (FCWG) was started in December 2007 to build consensus on how forests can play a meaningful role in addressing climate change. The FCWG is led by co-chairs Drue DeBerry (American Forest Foundation) and Jad Daley (the Trust for Public Land) and has broad representation from virtually all sectors of the forest community—the forest products industry, conservation and wildlife groups, foresters, private forest owners, academics, and carbon finance groups. In order to build and achieve consensus, the organizations engaged in a series of Dialogues on forest-climate issues in 2008. Presentations from April 3 & 4, 2008 Dialogue held in Washington, D.C. The Case for Forests in Climate Policy — Eric Huxthausen, The Nature Conservancy Carbon Offsets: Current Proposals and Likely Issues — Christopher Galik, Nicholas Institute at Duke University   Carbon Offsets: Current Proposals and Likely Issues — Neil Sampson, The Sampson Group Allowance Awards: Current Proposals and Likely Major Issues — Dan Lashof, Natural Resources Defense Council Adaptation Funding: Current Proposals and Likely Major Issues — John Kostyack, National Wildlife Federation Presentations from September 15 & 16, 2008 Dialogue held in Washington, D.C. Offsets Introduction — Neil Sampson, The Sampson Group Offsets Introduction — Chandler Van Voorhis, C2I, LLC Forest Research and Technology — Greg Reams and Linda Heath, US Forest Service (17MB) Presentations from October 10, 2008 Adaptation Dialogue held in Washington, D.C.   Adapting to Climate Change — Dr. Alan Lucier, NCASI Massachusetts Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Adaptation Project — Dr. Hector Galbraith, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Federal Climate Change Legislation: Protecting Natural Resources for Wildlife and People — John Kostyack, National Wildlife Federation Note - some of the presentations are quite large and may take time to download. Related Material Forests and climate change: A convenient truth? (Edinburgh: Forestry Commission Communications Branch, 2007) DVD. Produced by the United Kingdom Forestry Commission.