CLEANFOREST

COST ACTION CA21138

Joint effects of CLimate Extremes and Atmospheric depositioN on European FORESTs

About the CLEANFOREST Action

Forests are at the forefront of our efforts to mitigate climate change and achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, to ensure a sustainable life on Earth. However, forest ecosystems are particularly threatened by global change components, such as increasing frequency and severity of climate extreme events, increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and pollutants concentrations.

All these factors strongly influence the capacity of forests to continue providing important ecosystem services we rely on, including climate regulation and mitigation, biodiversity conservation, clean water and air supply, food and energy production, and improvement of human health and well-being, particularly in urban systems.

Mission

To develop a comprehensive understanding on the interactive effects of key global change drivers (*)CLEANFOREST will focus on climate extremes (drought and heatwaves) and atmospheric nitrogen and sulphur deposition on forest ecosystems functioning and health, and on their climate and air pollution mitigation potential.

Vision

To reduce data fragmentation (at spatial and temporal scales), to define common protocols and methods for measurements and data analyses in global change studies, and to promote data exchange as key actions to advance scientific knowledge and to fulfil the need of data (and evidence)-based solutions to policy and societal challenges.

Approach

To build an inclusive and international platform promoting synergies among scientists from different disciplines actively involved in existing research infrastructures (long-term monitoring networks and manipulation experiments), and fostering exchange between researchers and stakeholders (policymakers, forest managers, citizen science associations).

CLEANFOREST in Numbers

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Latest News

2025 Open Call for Virtual Mobility Grants (VMG) - September

CLEANFOREST launches VMG for researchers being members and actively participating in the Action to conduct a project beneficial to the action (see proposed topics below)....

2025 Open Call for ITC* Conference Grants - September

For conferences held between 1st of September 2025 – 15th of October 2025 * COST Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITC): Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,...

2025 Open Call for Young Researcher and Innovator (YRI) Conference Grants - September

For conferences held between 1st of September 2025 – 15th of October 2025 Important Dates Note this is an open call. You can apply any...

Twenty-fifth webinar: Global Change and Next Generation Manipulation Experiments – summary of CLEANFOREST Training School

Date and time: 25th June 2025; 10:30 – 11:15 AM (CET) – Global Change and Next Generation Manipulation Experiments – summary of CLEANFOREST Training School...

Third CLEANFOREST Annual Meeting

26-28 March 2025, Warsaw (Poland) and virtualWarsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) Campus Scientists from the COST Action “Joint effects of climate extremes and atmospheric...

Eight interview: Shot of espresso with Martin Mokroš

Date: 20 JUNE 2025, 13:00 – 13:45 CETTitle: Interview: Shot of espresso with Martin Mokroš What/Description: The CLEANFOREST Interview Series is hosted by the COST...

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