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Tree Planting Pledges

More or Less: Behind the Stats

English - December 06, 2019 16:09 - 8 minutes - 8.21 MB - ★★★★★ - 740 ratings
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The UK General Election is fast approaching, top of the agenda are the political parties green ambitions and one particular initiative is garnering a lot of attention, tree planting. The Labour Party has the most ambitious target – a whopping 2 billion trees planted by 2040. How much land would this take, how does it stack up against other party pledges and what difference will it make?

Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Lizzy McNeill