Trees ‘most effective solution’ for warming

Source: bbc.com/news Climate change: Trees ‘most effective solution’ for warming

Climate change: Trees ‘most effective solution’ for warming

The ability of trees to soak up carbon dioxide has long made them a valuable weapon in the fight against rising temperatures.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said that if the world wanted to limit the rise to 1.5C by 2050, an extra 1bn hectares (2.4bn acres) of trees would be needed.

“Our study shows clearly that forest restoration is the best climate change solution available today and it provides hard evidence to justify investment,” said Prof Tom Crowther, the senior author on the study.

“If we act now, this could cut carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by up to 25%, to levels last seen almost a century ago.”