Includes bibliographical references and index.

Personal introduction / Rt. Hon. Lord Clark of Windermere -- Forests and climate change: the knowledge-base for action / P.H. Freer-Smith, M.S.J. Broadmeadow, and J.M. Lynch -- Present and future carbon sources and sinks / M. Heimann -- Global forest sector: trends, threats and opportunities / R. Seppälä -- Carbon sequestration as a forestry opportunity in a changing climate / J. Burley, J. Ebeling, and P.M. Costa -- Forests and climate change: global understandings and possible responses / S. Dresner ... [et al.] -- The forest science-policy interface / L.G. Meira Filho -- Causes of gaps between perceived potentials and actual implementation of forest-sector mitigation activities / S. Brown and W.A. Kurz -- Forests remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere: spruce forest tales! / P.G. Jarvis and S. Linder -- Afforestation, reforestation and reduced deforestation to sequester carbon and reduce emissions / B. Schlamadinger and T. Johns -- Energy and fuelwood / R.E.H. Sims -- Carbon in wood products and product substitution / R.W. Matthews ... [et al.] -- Towards a high resolution forest carbon balance for Europe based on inventory data / G-J Nabuurs ... [et al.] -- Forestry in Europe under changing climate and land use / J. Eggers ... [et al.] -- Soils and waste management: a challenge to climate change / J.S. Schepers and J.M. Lynch -- Impacts of climate change on forest soil carbon: principles, factors, models, uncertainties / M. Reichstein -- Direct effects of elevated carbon dioxide on forest tree productivity / D.F. Karnosky ... [et al.] -- Impacts of climate change on temperate forests and interaction with management / D. Loustau ... [et al.] -- Forest responses to global change in North America: interacting forces define a research agenda / A.M. Solomon and P.H. Freer-Smith -- National forest monitoring systems: purposes, options and status / P. Holmgren and L-G. Marklund -- Conservation of biodiversity in boreal forests: the Russian experience / V. Teplyakov -- International forest policy and options for climate change forest policy in developing countries / S. Jauregui -- Addressing deforestation and forest degradation through international policy / G. Badiozamani -- Risks and uncertainties / W. Harper and R.S. Swift -- Governance and climate change /M.G. Sangster and M. Dudley -- Response of the forestry sector / M.S.J. Broadmeadow and J-M Carnus -- Commercial and project-based responses and associated research initiatives in the forest sector / P.J. Hanson and W.A. Kurz -- Forests and climate change: conclusions and the way forward / T.J.D. Rollinson.