| A Trillion Trees: Calculating the Mitigation Potential in the En-ROADS Simulator |
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| In response to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s proposal to plant a trillion trees, Maxine Joselow of The Washington Post wrote an article that included our analysis from the En-ROADS simulator. |
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| By our calculations, planting a trillion trees would only sequester 6% of the carbon dioxide we need to avoid to limit global warming to 1.5℃ by the end of the century and would require 900 million hectares of land, or nearly three times the size of India. For further information on these conclusions, explore the details behind our analysis. |
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All the best,
The Climate Interactive team |
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