The committee gives independent advice to the government on how to build a low-carbon economy and prepare for climate change, including looking at ways land use needs to be transformed.
In its new report, Land use: Policies for a Net Zero UK, the committee recommends that annual tree planting in the UK should rise to between 90 and 120 million trees to help meet the government’s commitment to become a “net zero” carbon emission country by 2020.
“This should be funded by a levy on greenhouse gas-emitting industries like aviation, but must not offset emissions reductions needed to meet net zero in other parts of the economy,” said the report.
