Britain invests in planting forests to fight climate change |
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In the race to reach carbon neutrality, the British government and other private stakeholders have set out on a daunting task: reforesting Great Britain by planting around 75,000 acres of woodland each year by 2025. The goal is to off-set Britain’s carbon emissions by using newly grown forests to capture carbon. Special Correspondent Willem Marx reports as part of ‘Peril & Promise: The Challenge of Climate Change.'
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