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Recent Reporting

13 July 2022

"The race for a trillion trees can continue to motivate donors, but Finkbeiner says that his organization is no longer focused on counting trees. Ultimately, he believes, the movement’s success or failure in restoring the world’s forests will be judged not by the number of trees planted, but via satellite imagery, viewed over the long term, and discussed the old-fashioned way — in hectares."

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23 July 2022

"We are all impressed by Greta Thunberg, but what about Felix Finkbeiner? He’s a young German environmentalist who, at the age of 9, proposed that every country commit to planting 1 million trees and then, at 13, upped the ante and suggested at the United Nations that we target 1 trillion by 2050."

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16 August 2022

"Nothing is more important than reducing emissions to zero," says Felix Finkbeiner in an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung. In addition, however, one has to bind as much CO2 as possible. And "for that it is necessary to restore forests". But "it is not impossible to achieve net zero emissions by 2050".

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    Coverage

    Forbes Czech Republic 09.04.2024

    Change is in the hands of the young

    Czech Republic
    Klimareporter 28.01.2024

    Wir brauchen eine Billion Bäume

    Germany
    Vegconomist 25.01.2024

    Gesetz für entwaldungsfreie Lieferketten: Unternehmen müssen jetzt handeln, damit die neue Regulierung nicht zur Gefahr für kleinbäuerliche Betriebe im globalen Süden wird

    Germany
    Frankfurter Rundschau 07.01.2024

    Wir brauchen eine Billion Bäume

    Germany
    Innovators Magazine 05.12.2023

    COP28 youth lay down trillion tree challenge

    UAE
    Fraenkischertag 01.12.2023

    Schokolade essen und Bäume pflanzen

    Germany
    Bauernzeitung 11.10.2023

    Durchmischte Wälder sind klimaresistenter

    Germany