In an attempt to fight off climate change, Australia is planning to plant a billion trees for the next several years.

As a part of campaign intended to meet climate targets set by the Paris Agreement, the Australian government is prepping up to plant a billion trees.

The project is estimated to run until 2050 and will eventually remove 18 million tons of greenhouse gas per year by 2030 in a country that currently produces in excess of 500 million tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent per year, reported Bloomberg.

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Moreover, the Regional Forestry Hubs also plan to support jobs in that particular sector that contributes over USD 16.4 billion to the national economy, assured Prime Minister Scott Morrison. He stated that the country will easily meet the agreed goal to reduce carbon emissions by 26%-28% of 2005 levels by 2030.

A similar research was conducted by ETH Zurich where researchers found that a widespread campaign of tree-planting across the world could make a large drop in the world’s net greenhouse gas emissions. Zurich researcher Thomas Crowther told Independent that trees are ‘our most powerful weapon in the fight against climate change’.