Bill Gates says it’s ‘complete nonsense’ that planting trees can solve climate change. Here’s why we should do it anyway | Curio
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Bill Gates says it’s ‘complete nonsense’ that planting trees can solve climate change. Here’s why we should do it anyway

7 mins | Oct 3, 2023
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According to Bill Gates, planting trees is not a quick fix for climate change. But, surely there are plenty of benefits to reforestation? Adele Peters looks at both sides of the argument - from experts arguing that planting trees could be used as a distraction from the need to reduce fossil fuel use to the science behind their carbon removal. Read by Marni Penning.

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