Glasgow to plant 18m trees as city readies for Cop26 climate summit
by Severin Carrell Scotland editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#5JGES)
Clyde Climate Forest project hopes to plant 10 trees for every resident over next decade
Councils in the Glasgow area have pledged to plant 18m trees - equivalent to 10 trees for every resident - as the city prepares to host a global climate summit later this year.
The Clyde Climate Forest (CCF) project hopes to increase tree cover in urban areas of Glasgow to 20% and ensure that a fifth of the region's rural landscape is forested or planted with native woodland over the next decade.
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