Bhutan has ‘most ambitious pledge’ at the Paris climate summit

Himalayan kingdom's forests absorb three times more CO2 emissions than its population create, helping to make it the world's most 'carbon negative' country, new analysis shows

The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has made the world's most far-reaching climate promise to the Paris climate summit, according to new analysis from a respected climate change thinktank.

Almost three quarters of the mountainous nation is covered in forests, often watered by snowmelt rivers, and Bhutan has pledged to reforest its land even further. Last summer, it set a world record for the most trees planted in one hour - nearly 50,000.