The Arbor Day Foundation hosted and participated in a large number of forestry events at the United Nations Climate Change Conference during the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. The Foundation’s featured event at COP25 was Forest Restoration: Climate Offense for Business. With the negative impacts of climate change already being felt around the world and reported on daily, the theme of COP25 was “Time for Action.” Listed below are 10 key takeaways the Foundation has distilled over the last few years, and discussed at COP25, that make forest restoration an essential part of the total climate solution for 2020 and beyond. 10 Takeaways for Facilitating Global Forest Restoration at-Scale 1. There is tremendous momentum for natural climate solutions (NCS) and reforestation in particular, with a proliferation of new global, regional, and local tree planting and forest restoration initiatives over the last few years – Bonn Challenge, African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative, Trillion Trees, 1t.org and many more. Tree planting resonates with people. Scientifically, reforestation also has the most global climate mitigation potential in comparison to all other natural climate solutions. However, forest restoration is getting the least amount of investment. Protecting intact forest and wetland landscapes, … Continue reading COP 25: The Time for Action is Now, The Time for Trees is Now