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