“If no one had ever said, ‘Plant a trillion trees,’ I think we’d have been in a lot better space”

Massive tree planting schemes are not the answer to the biodiversity and climate crises

A trillion trees: A backstory featuring Felix Finkbeiner and Thomas Crowther

Plant-for-the-Planet: dubious organisational structure, controversial scientific foundation, a lack of professional support, and the failure to verify tree-planting reports

The trouble with trees: The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative is based on a “profound misreading of Africa’s grassy biomes”

One trillion trees. A naive and dangerous distraction from the need to leave fossil fuels in the ground

“The claim that global tree restoration is our most effective climate change solution is simply incorrect scientifically and dangerously misleading”

Remember the headlines: Tree planting is our “most effective climate change solution”? Well, it would take 200 years, and we can only plant 10% of the area, says Tom Crowther of ETH-Zürich

Planting trees and restoring forests is not going to stop climate breakdown. “We need a rapid end to fossil energy use precisely because we want to preserve the world’s existing forests”