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SUMMARY
■Climate change was a recurring theme of the conference
■Lord Deben, chair of the Committee on Climate Change was the keynote speaker
■£500m funding is dedicated to the delivery of the England Trees Action Plan
■The England Woodland Creation Offer launched this year
AUSPICIOUS YEAR FOR TREES AND FORESTRY
Delegates at the annual Forestry Conference heard how government policy and public support are aligned when it comes to planting more trees. Sally Spencer reports
Taking place just a few days before the UK hosted COP26, the issue of climate change and the role trees and forestry can play in mitigation of that was a running theme throughout the annual Forestry Conference. Held on October 13, during Grown in Britain week and organised by the Country Landowners Association (CLA), the Forestry Commission (FC) and Grown in Britain, the conference was a hybrid event, taking place both online and at the Newbury Racecourse. The climate change agenda was flagged up from the outset by the keynote speaker, John Gummer, Lord Deben. The former secretary of state for the environment (from 1993-1997) is chairman of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) and it’s on his watch that the 2050 net zero carbon emissions target has been set by the UK government.
Lord Deben, who is known for championing the link between environmental concerns and business sense, didn’t pull any punches in his opening address. “If we’re to make up for lost time we have to know that climate change is going to get worse because it’s already in the system – especially for the British because we started the Industrial Revolution.
Above: Lord Deben, chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, was the keynote speaker
“Climate change will become more obvious whatever we do and it’s important to recognise that because as awareness increases, support increases. We have to give people the confidence that if we get on top of it now we can do things in a reasonable, sensible way.” Lord Deben maintained that the UK’s 2050 target is possible and that it will cost less than 1% of GDP. ►
www.ttjonline.com | January/February 2022 | TTJ
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