Wood is nature's own material. As trees grow, they help reduce climate change by absorbing and storing CO₂ away.

Wood helps reduce climate change when it is used instead of other more energy-intensive materials or as biomass energy instead of fossil fuels.

And more trees are planted.

“Forestry practices can make a significant contribution by reducing greenhouse gas emissions through increasing the amount of carbon removed from the atmosphere by the national forest estate, by burning wood for fuel, and by using wood as a substitute for energy-intensive materials such as concrete and steel”.

Securing the Future – UK government strategy for sustainable development.

To find out more about how you can use wood to reduce climate change and help the environment, click on one of the headings to the left.

To download a copy of BRE's Building Sustainably with Timber click here.

Learn more from the Properties, species and science of wood module in wood for good’s Online Learning. It’s free to architects, specifiers, members of the TTF and wood for good. To register free click here