How much land would it take to plant all these trees?

Many plans to achieve “net-zero” carbon emissions require land – either to plant new trees, reforest previously forested areas or sequester carbon in the soil. But is there even enough land on earth to offset continued carbon emissions?

To meet their 2050 goals,

TotalEnergies would need

2.6m hectares of land, which

is about the size of Haiti.

Haiti

Cambodia

ENI would need 16m

hectares, which is about the

size of Cambodia.

Ghana

BP would need 22.5m

hectares, which is about the

size of Ghana.

Italy

Shell would need 28.6m

hectares, which is about the

size of Italy.

If we wanted to reach net-zero emissions

using only land-based methods, we would

need to about 1.6bn hectares of land. That’s

about the size of Brazil and Australia

combined.

Brazil

Australia

To meet their 2050 goals,

TotalEnergies would need 2.6m

hectares of land, which is about the

size of Haiti.

Haiti

ENI would need 16m hectares, which

is about the size of Cambodia.

Cambodia

BP would need 22.5m hectares,

which is about the size of Ghana.

Ghana

Shell would need 28.6m hectares,

which is about the size of Italy.

Italy

If we wanted to reach net-zero emissions using

only land-based methods, we would need to

about 1.6bn hectares of land. That’s about the

size of Brazil and Australia combined.

Brazil

Australia

To meet their 2050 goals, TotalEnergies would

need 2.6m hectares of land, which is about the

size of Haiti.

Haiti

ENI would need 16m hectares, which is about the

size of Cambodia.

Cambodia

Ghana

BP would need 22.5m hectares, which is about

the size of Ghana.

Shell would need 28.6m hectares, which is about

the size of Italy.

Italy

If we wanted to reach net-zero emissions using only land-based methods,

we would need to about 1.6bn hectares of land. That’s about the size of

Brazil and Australia combined.

Brazil

Australia

To meet their 2050 goals, TotalEnergies would

need 2.6m hectares of land, which is about the

size of Haiti.

Haiti

Cambodia

ENI would need 16m hectares, which is about the

size of Cambodia.

BP would need 22.5m hectares, which is about

the size of Ghana.

Ghana

Shell would need 28.6m hectares, which is about

the size of Italy.

Italy

If we wanted to reach net-zero emissions using only land-based methods,

we would need to about 1.6bn hectares of land. That’s about the size of

Brazil and Australia combined.

Brazil

Australia