European policies influencing wood supply and demand in scenarios until 2040
Creators
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InnovaWood
- 2. Facultad de Ingeniería. Universidad de la República
- 3. Forest Sciences and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC)
Description
Wood products can play an important role to achieve the European Commission’s policies for climate neutrality by fostering a decarbonisation of the construction sector. The study analyses how different policies may impact wood demand forecasted for the sawmill and wood-based panels industry, based on past trends in statistics and expert insights gained through surveys, workshops, and interviews. Two generic scenarios were portrayed: increasing production versus stagnation until 2040. The results indicate an increase of demand for sawnwood, and wood-based panels leading to a potential high raw material and supply competition. We point out policy needs and perspectives for research and innovation addressing both resource efficiency and circular uses of materials, products and building systems.
Find here the conference paper & presentation slides.
WCTE proceedings: https://doi.org/10.52202/080513-0338 | Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15805939
KEYWORDS: wood product markets, climate policy, sustainable industry, forecasts
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Kies Bano Pecurul WCTE 2025 final.pdf
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Funding
- European Commission
- WoodStock - Empowering climate-smart, circular, and zero-waste use of underutilized wood from the forest and building stock in the construction sector to support the New European Bauhaus 101181021
- European Commission
- EUFORE - European FOREST Research and Innovation Ecosystem 101081788