Large-scale tree planting can remove some CO2 from the atmosphere, but nowhere near as much as humans add by extracting and burning fossil fuels. See https://skepticalscience.com/1-trillion-trees-impact.html for a detailed assessment of what this looks like.
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Large-scale tree planting can remove some CO2 from the atmosphere, but nowhere near as much as humans add by extracting and burning fossil fuels. See https://skepticalscience.com/1-trillion-trees-impact.html for a detailed assessment of what this looks like.
The IPCC has a [chart showing what actions need to be taken over the next few years](https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/figures/summary-for-policymakers/figure-spm-7/). Afforestation is one piece of many things, all of which we need to do.
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