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Well, this is a thread about electric cars so that's what I'd expect the discussion to revolve around. But there are a lot of countries (sadly not the UK) who are taking great strides in not only planting trees but also coming up with innovative ways to introduce more CO2 absorbing plants into towns and cities.

Ethiopia, for example, is putting a huge amount of effort into reforesting its land. The politician's claims of having planted something like 4 billion trees are clearly wildly optimistic - but then that's nothing unusual, look at our own government. But there's no doubt they are planting hundreds of millions of trees every year and the Great Green Wall project is involving loads of African countries in a project which is going to improve the prospects not only for millions of people's lives but the entire planet as well.

I also am very keen on the architectural innovations incorporating plants into the structure of buildings, and Singapore seems to have some rather splendid examples like this:



Making our cities greener is a huge weapon in the fight against urban pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, helping to offset the emissions from concrete production.

It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that just because we aren't doing anything in this area then nobody else is either. It would be nice to think that the UK would be among world leaders in this regard, but that doesn't seem to be the case. The UK seems to believe politicians making announcements is the same as taking action, which it clearly isn't.