Forests + Climate Learning Exchange Series
The Forests + Climate Learning Exchange Series (LES), co-hosted by the Forest Carbon and Climate Program (FCCP), the Society of American Foresters (SAF), and the FOCCE Program at Pennsylvania State University invites academics, practitioners, policymakers, and other experts to present innovative and important research, projects, and strategies relating to forest carbon. The series aims to develop and expand forest stakeholder knowledge and perspectives on forest carbon science, management, and strategy.
The 2025 Forests + Climate Learning Exchange Series will feature six webinar panels that will bring together leading experts in forest carbon science, management, and policy to advance dialogues in support of high-integrity forest carbon offsets and credits. Panel conversations will not only identify major questions, barriers and gaps surrounding forests carbon offsets, but work to further the dialogue by identifying current research needs and potential pathways forward to foster the role of forests as natural climate solutions
Recordings will be posted below following the event. The LES has been organized and hosted by FCCP since 2017 (with initial support from the Forest-Climate Working Group). It reaches increasingly large and diverse audiences with engaging monthly presentations and active audience Q&A throughout the academic year.
Support for this series is provided, in part, by funding from SAF's Hagenstein Fund. To honor the legacy and memory of professional forester and SAF leader William D. Hagenstein, this fund aims to reach audiences beyond the forestry community and foster thoughtful exchanges about how and why forests, and the services they provide, are essential to our future.
The six conversations will cover the following topics:
- Performance - Panel: Matt Hurteau (University of New Mexico), Bill Anderegg (University of Utah), Christopher Galik (North Caroline State University), Rebecca Sanders-DeMott (Clean Air Task Force)
- Additionality - Panel: Adam Daigneault (University of Maine), Lilli Kaarakka (Cal Poly -San Luis Obispo), Greg Latta (University of Idaho), Margarita Fernandez (Pennsylvania State University)
- Leakage - Panel: Brent Sohngen (Ohio State University), Barbara Haya (UC Berkeley), Ethan Belair (The Nature Conservancy), Moderated by: Chad Papa (MSU FCCP)
- Monitoring, reporting, and verification - Panel: Kim Novick (Indiana University), Jason Gibson (Weyerhaueser), John Gunn (The Nature Conservancy), and Dan Hayes (University of Maine). Moderated by: Chad Papa (MSU FCCP)
- Market investments and the forest bioeconomy - Panel: Dave McEvoy (Appalachian State University), Tammy Kowalczyk (Appalachian State University), Raju Pokharel (Michigan State University), Tammy Cushing (University of Florida). Moderated by: Melissa Kreye (Pennsylvania State University).
- Social and ecological implications - Panel: Tatyana Ruseva (Applachian State University), Stephanie Chizmar (USDA Forest Service R&D), Jake Stanton (National Indian Carbon Coalition).
Full panel lineups will be announced on a rolling basis but please see the informational flyers below for more information.
View the full series recordings on YouTube.
Upcoming sessions:
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Previous Sessions:
To review materials and recordings of past learning sessions, please visit the links below:
2025 Learning Exchange Series
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2025 Learning Exchange Series: Social and Ecological Impacts
Published on June 25, 2025
Webinar four of the 2025 Learning Exchange Series is titled "Social and Ecological Impacts of Forest Carbon Offsets." Panelists discuss ways to improve and ensure social and ecological safeguards for forest carbon projects. -
2025 Learning Exchange Series – Forest Carbon Offsets: Implications for the Forest Bioeconomy
Published on May 16, 2025
Webinar five of the 2025 Learning Exchange Series is titled "Forest Carbon Offsets: Implications for the Forest Bioeconomy." Panelists discuss the role carbon benefits play in financing nature climate solutions. -
2025 Learning Exchange Series: Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification
Published on April 25, 2025
Webinar four of the 2025 Learning Exchange Series is titled "Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification." Panelists discuss the process of measuring, tracking, and reviewing carbon benefits. -
2025 Learning Exchange Series: Leakage
Published on March 14, 2025
Webinar three of the 2025 Learning Exchange Series is titled "Leakage." Panelists discuss research priorities to reduce forest carbon leakage. -
2025 Learning Exchange Series: Additionality
Published on February 28, 2025
Webinar two of the 2025 Learning Exchange Series is titled "Additionality." The concept that specific actions increase carbon storage beyond what would have been stored without the project. -
2025 Learning Exchange Series: Permanence
Published on January 24, 2025
Webinar one of the 2025 Learning Exchange Series is titled "Permanence." Ensures that carbon is stored in forests in the long term, that carbon credits sold hold carbon value beyond the life of the project.
2023-24 Learning Exchange Series
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2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series
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2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Wildfires and their Impacts on Forest Carbon
Published on June 2, 2022
In this webinar, speaker John Bailey presents, "Wildfires and their Impacts on Forest Carbon." -
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Modeling Forest Management and Carbon: A Tool for State-Wide Planning and Action
Published on May 5, 2022
In this webinar, speakers Chad Papa and Kendall DeLyser present, "Modeling Forest Management and Carbon: A Tool for State-Wide Planning and Action." -
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Recent Findings on Building-Scale Carbon LCAs and Demand-Driven Landscape Impacts
Published on April 7, 2022
In this webinar, speakers Maureen Puettmann and Indroneil Ganguly present, "Recent Findings on Building-Scale Carbon LCAs and Demand-Driven Landscape Impacts." -
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Emerging Climate-Oriented Bioeconomy Frameworks: A Central Role for Forests
Published on March 3, 2022
In this webinar, speakers Rachel Pasternack, Ethan Belair, and Yangyang Wang present, "Emerging Climate-Oriented Bioeconomy Frameworks: A Central Role for Forests." -
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Climate-Informed Forestry: USDA Forest Service Priorities
Published on February 2, 2022
In this webinar, speaker Chris Swanston presents, "Climate-Informed Forestry: USDA Forest Service Priorities." -
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Forest Protection for Carbon Mitigation: Data and Approaches to Maximize Impact
Published on January 5, 2022
In this webinar, speakers Abigail Weinberg and Jennifer Melville from Open Space Institute present "Forest Protection for Carbon Mitigation: Data and Approaches to Maximize Impact." -
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Landowner Interest in Forest Carbon Market Opportunities in the US
Published on December 1, 2021
In this webinar, speakers Melissa Kreye and Calvin Norman from Penn State Extension present "Landowner Interest in Forest Carbon Market Opportunities in the US." -
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: Approach to Scaling a High-Integrity Carbon Market
Published on November 5, 2021
In this webinar, speaker Erik Ringvold presents "Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: Approach to Scaling a High-Integrity Carbon Market." -
2021-22 FCWG Learning Exchange Series: Intro to and Status of the Voluntary Markets
Published on October 7, 2021
In this webinar, speaker Patrick Maguire presents "Intro to and Status of the Voluntary Markets."
2019-20 Forest-Climate Working Group Learning Exchange Series
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2022-23 Learning Exchange Series
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2020-21 Forest-Climate Working Group Learning Exchange Series
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2018-19 Forest-Climate Working Group Learning Exchange Series
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FCWG 2018-19 Learning Exchange Series Session: Climate Action Reserve
Published on July 10, 2019
Speaker Sarah Wescott, Forest Program Manager at Climate Action Reserve, presents "Carbon Market Opportunities and Project Development Tools for Forest Owners". -
FCWG 2018-19 Learning Exchange Series Session: Natural Climate Solutions in New Jersey
Published on June 5, 2019
Speaker Michael Catania, Executive Director of Duke Farms, presents "Natural Climate Solutions in New Jersey: Rejoining RGGI and a Case Study of Duke Farms". -
FCWG 2018-19 Learning Exchange Series Session: The Family Forest Carbon Initiative
Published on May 8, 2019
Josh Parrish of The Nature Conservancy, along with Rita Hite and Christine Cadigan of American Forests Foundation will overview the Family Forest Carbon Initiative. -
FCWG 2018-19 Learning Exchange Series Session: Forest Carbon Markets - Overview and Potential
Published on April 3, 2019
Speakers Kelley Hamrick and Stephen Donofrio of Forest Trends' Ecosystem Marketplace present on forest carbon markets, providing an overview of past and future opportunities. -
FCWG 2018-19 Learning Exchange Series Session: Climate Action in Coal Country
Published on March 6, 2019
In this session speakers from The Nature Conservancy will present "Climate Action in Coal Country - Forest Carbon and Renewable Energy as Economic Diversification Approaches".
2017-18 Forest-Climate Working Group Learning Exchange Series
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