To fight climate change, companies and nonprofits have been promoting worldwide planting campaigns. Getting to a trillion is easier said than done. Villagers hired by Eden Reforestation Projects ...

On a single day in 2019, Ethiopia famously planted 350 million trees. The same year, Turkey planted 11 million of its own. Just as fast as tree-planting has taken hold, so has the backlash. Some ...

Misguided projects to plant trillions of trees distract from the real work of controlling carbon emissions and reining in climate change. By Erica Cirino / OpenMind Published Oct 12, 2022 9:00 PM EDT ...

Reforestation is gaining global momentum as a climate solution, but its success depends on how and where it’s done. A new study mapped locations where tree planting and forest regrowth are most likely ...

"If no one had ever said, 'Plant a trillion trees,' I think we'd have been in a lot better space." Taking the stand at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, Crowther spelled out the ...

Trees and forests around the world are under strain from climate change. They also are threatened by logging and development. To address these problems—and to increase the capture of carbon dioxide ...

PHOENIX – Arizona cities, environmental advocates and businesses are teaming up to combat extreme heat by launching a variety of tree-planting initiatives. With names like “Trees are Cool” and a “Cool ...

The “Stockholm tree pit” method was created to help trees thrive in paved-over urban spaces. Now, it’s taking root across ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It was perhaps the most spectacular failed tree planting project ever. Certainly the ...