The Finnish Forest Industries Federation organised a virtual breakfast event on Friday the 16th of March on the role of carbon sinks in the EU climate policy. The EU Climate Law, that sets EU on a path towards climate neutrality by 2050, calls for a stronger role of forest sinks.

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Forest Director Karoliina Niemi of the Finnish Forest Industries highlighted that the elimination of fossil resources must be the EU priority.

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Member of Environmental Committee, MEP Nils Torvalds (Renew) has been strongly involved in the negotiations on EU Climate Law, which take place between the Member States and the European Parliament.

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– Within the next few months, the European Commission will publish a legislative package that includes several important proposals on climate policy. LULUCF proposal will be very important for forest-rich Finland and our forest industries, underlined Torvalds.

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In her closing statement Niemi stressed that future sink-related accounting rules should better reflect the reality and emphasised that sinks and emissions should remain Member State specific.

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