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Yes, growing trees will greatly help fight climate change crisis

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National Youth Service Men and Women planted over 112,000 trees at the Paramilitary Academy in Gilgil on National Tree Planting day on November 13, 2023. [Courtesy, NYS X]

According to the United Nations, the world is standing on the brink of climate calamity because it will exceed 1.5 C by 2035 and it faces a 2.5 C warming by 2100.

The rate of the sea level has doubled in the last decade leading to hurricanes, submerging islands, food and water crises, refugees, and other human crises.

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