To fight climate change, Ireland will plant 440 million trees by 2040
Ireland should be very, very green by 2040.
In June, the government released its climate action plan, which proposed the planting of new trees to capture carbon emissions. The Irish Times reported over the weekend that the government has an ambitious target: to plant 22 million trees a year over the next two decades, for a total of 440 million trees by 2040.
The government is asking farmers to join the cause and let Dublin use some of their farmland for future tree planting. Along with planting more trees, the government's plan also calls for more people to use electric vehicles, with the goal of having almost one million on the road by 2030.
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