EURACTIV looks at Europe’s upcoming forest strategy and how it intends to plant “at least 3 billion additional trees in the EU by 2030.

The capacity of forests to act as a “carbon sink” –

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Eunji Hyun

EURACTIV looks at Europe’s upcoming forest strategy and how it intends to plant “at least 3 billion additional trees in the EU by 2030.

The capacity of forests to act as a “carbon sink” –

3 years ago

EURACTIV looks at Europe’s upcoming forest strategy and how it intends to plant “at least 3 billion additional trees in the EU by 2030.

The capacity of forests to act as a “carbon sink” – absorbing more CO2 than they emit – is decreasing and needs to be reversed, the European Commission said in September 2020 when it presented its 2030 climate target plan.