Adverse consequences of climate change often affect people and places far away from those that have the greatest capacity for mitigation. Several correlational and some experimental studies suggest that the willingness to take mitigation actions may diminish with increasing distance. However,...

This paper aims to introduce the role of forests in mitigating climate change and summarise some of the key issues and research covered in Palmer and Engel (2009). Section 2 presents the climate change problem, the role of forests and the policy debate so far. Section 3 focuses on research to...