New ONS Mapping on environmental targets ahead of COP26

Thanks to Steve Brace for the tipoff to some new ONS mapping.

To help address climate change, a UK-wide target of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 has been adopted. This means reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, with any remaining emissions offset by measures that remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, including increasing numbers of trees.

The UK Government has set a target for at least 30,000 hectares of trees a year to be planted by the end of this Parliament (May 2024), while the devolved administrations for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland also have plans for new woodland. The UK annual tree planting target is equivalent to an area twice the size of Cardiff or almost the size of the borough of Milton Keynes.

Here's the mapping for East Cambridgeshire.

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