Tropical forests vital for combating climate change—ITTO's message at UN Climate Change

Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, 18 November 2022: Tropical forests are a valuable carbon reservoir at the core of climate-change adaptation and mitigation and their conservation is crucial for fighting climate change, according to ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru, speaking this week at a high-level segment at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and at several other events.