The HSBC Climate Partnership (HCP) is a five-year partnership (2007-2011) between HSBC, The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, WWF, and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) to inspire action on climate change.

Working with these partners and engaging its employees around the world, HSBC hopes to tackle climate change impacts for people, forests, water, and cities. The HCP research of STRI’s Center for Tropical Forest Science focuses on:

• Understanding the role of forests in the global carbon cycle
• Comparing temperate and tropical forests by establishing new plots in the temperate zone
• Quantifying the environmental services provided by tropical forests

Click here to learn more about CTFS carbon research and here for more about research on the environmental services provided by tropical forests.