- Tree planting can be the most cost-effective way of removing carbon as long as careful choices are made about which type of trees to plant and where.
- Governments worldwide have committed to expand tree cover to remove greenhouse gases, with the UK committing to plant 30,000 hectares of trees each year until 2050.
- However, environmental economists point out that there are significant risks of converting farmland to forests in a future of climate change and economic uncertainty.
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