Mass Reforestation: Combining Tech and Nature to Fight Climate Change

The year 2023 is poised to be the warmest year on record, and that might be just the beginning of a series of record-breaking temperatures. From deadly heatwaves to waterfloods, countries in different parts of the planet are witnessing the impacts of climate change, and it is likely these events will become more of a regular occurrence (The Guardian, 2023). Against the catastrophic scenarios projected for the planet, scientists, activists, and international agencies have been pressuring governments to reduce carbon emissions. In 2019 alone, human activities released 43 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere (Hausfather, 2019), including 1.76 billion tons of CO2 produced by wildfires, which is equivalent to more than double the annual CO2 emissions of Germany (World Economic Forum, 2021).