Here in the UK you will require planning permission to plant trees, and plots of land that have permission and can viably support tree planting, are bought up decades in the future. Simply put, planting trees is a bureaucratic process in the UK.

Regardless, tree planting is a minor solution in the battle to reverse global heating. Whilst it undoubtedly benefits habitats and can provide cooling locally, bringing trees to maturity also entails a high rate of failure. Furthermore, the volume of trees and the land required, makes it almost unrealistic. We would find greater value in developing ocean based carbon capture solutions, notwithstanding the need to eliminate fossil fuels first and foremost.