Plant a new tree to suck up more carbon

Annually plant a new tree in your garden to help absorb carbon in the atmosphere.

Every eight new trees planted can offset up to 5 tonnes of CO2 over their lifetime.

Trees are well known to be a good way of absorbing carbon in the atmosphere.

While the priority in tackling climate change remains with trying to reduce the volume of carbon produced each year, planting new trees to absorb some of the carbon is another good way of confronting the issue.

Make an effort to plant at least one new tree per year in your garden, if not more. If you don’t have a suitable garden space, contact a local conservation group or your council to find out about planting a tree in a nearby park or other green area. Alternatively, you could support a fund which plants new trees in parts of the UK and around the world.