The UN climate talks kicked off today in Brazil, absent the United States. In related news: what does a successful COP30 look like; what’s Canada’s role; the US says the summit is misguided; and Germany supports UN’s tropical forest protection scheme. In Forestry news: Pacific Regeneration Technologies is concerned about the end of Canada’s 2B Tree program; California has a seed collection crisis; new research on how Redwoods fare amid wildfires; the unpredictability of Oregon’s landslides; and why Sweden’s forest policy matters.

In Business/Politics news: Zoltan van Heyningen says US duties exist because of past and ongoing harm; Bob Brash says BC needs to own its role in undermining the forest sector’s prosperity; Vaughn Palmer and Mayor Maureen Pinkney opine on West Fraser’s 100 Mile House mill closure; and CTV interviews Derek Nighbor on the fed’s support for lumber. Meanwhile: JD Irving’s Dixfield, Maine mill was damaged by fire; and Doman and Taiga report Q3, 2025 earnings.

Finally, WorkSafeBC fines the BC government for two wildfire fighting incidents from 2023.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor