Yes, growing trees will greatly help fight climate change crisis

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.