-----Original Appointment----- From: NFO-Technical-Network <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2021 9:42 AM To: NFO-Technical-Network; NFO-Technical-Network-list; Mansur, Eduardo (OCB); OCB-Director; Ould-Dada, Zitouni (OCB); Kaugure, Liva (OCB) Subject: SAVE THE DATE: FTN Webinar - The Other Climate Change: How forests affect climate in ways unrelated to carbon and why it matters When: Thursday, May 20, 2021 2:00 PM-3:30 PM (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna. Where: https://fao.zoom.us/j/91057574898 Dear colleagues and friends of the Forestry Technical Network, You are warmly invited to participate in our next Zoom Webinar on: The Other Climate Change: How forests affect climate in ways unrelated to carbon and why it matters presentation by David Kaimowitz, Forest and Farm Facility Thursday, 20 May 2021, 14:00 - 15:30 Central European Time Please join the webinar: https://fao.zoom.us/j/91057574898 Meeting ID: 910 5757 4898 / Passcode: 67864033 [cid:image001.png@01D73CDA.F649FCA0] [cid:image002.jpg@01D73CDA.F649FCA0] Thursday, 20 May 2021, 14:00 - 15:30 Central European Time Wikipedia says "Climate change includes both global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas> and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns." Similarly, the official objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is "to achieve...stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere..." But emitting greenhouse gases is not the only way people are changing the climate. When people modify forest cover and characteristics, they also modify local, regional, and global climates in other ways. They alter how much: sunlight the earth reflects (albedo); water vapor rises to the atmosphere (evapotranspiration); hot wind is forced upward (surface roughness); particles enter air and clouds (aerosols, cloud condensation nuclei); and plants emit other chemicals (BVOCs). That is a different climate change. The other climate change influences average and extreme temperatures, rainfall patterns, cloud formation, and winds. This, in turn, impacts agriculture, human health, water resources, and wildfires. Sometimes these other climate changes amplify the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, other times they reduce them. Scientific experts are increasingly aware of how significant these processes and their effects are, but most forest policy analysts have no idea. This webinar should help to change that. [cid:image003.png@01D73CDA.F649FCA0] Speakers * Introduction by Mette Wilkie, Director, Forestry Division, FAO * Presentation by David Kaimowitz, Manager of the Forest and Farm Facility<http://www.fao.org/forest-farm-facility/en/> Participate in the webinar, contribute to the discussion, and share ideas and solutions! Please join the webinar: https://fao.zoom.us/j/91057574898 Meeting ID: 910 5757 4898 / Passcode: 67864033 [cid:image004.png@01D73CDA.F649FCA0] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FFF-Partners-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/scripts/wa-fao.exe?SUBED1=FFF-Partners-L&A=1