UNECE event addresses the weakest link in global supply chains
Growing volumes of international trade in goods cause major bottlenecks in the hinterland connections of seaports which currently form the weakest link in global supply chains. This issue was the focus of the UNECE two-day conference held on 17-18 September in Piraeus, Greece, at which the key problems associated with hinterland connections and possible solutions were debated. [Wednesday, 24 September 2008]
Tackling climate change – the role of wood products
Forests and wood play manifold roles in climate change mitigation: they sequester carbon from the atmosphere when they grow, produce wood energy to substitute fossil energy; deliver wood as renewable raw material which reduces greenhouse gas emissions when it substitutes more energy intensive material; and wood products are a store of carbon, keeping it from release to the atmosphere. [Tuesday, 16 September 2008]