Forest Climate: Why atmospheric water matters

The report “Forest and water on a changing planet: Vulnerability, adaptation and governance opportunities” reviewed a thousand recent publications and involved 50 authors working in 20 countries, including Indonesia. Among its conclusions is a major game-changer for policy: re-anchor the forest-climate discussion in water, rather than carbon. Meeting the water-SDG requires dealing with climate change, meeting the climate change SDG requires dealing with water. Forests and trees connect these issues, across the scales.