Afforestation can help to tackle climate change. Here's how

Nov 3, 2021

Forests are carbon sinks; they cycle damaging carbon out of the atmosphere and transform it into biomass through photosynthesis. This slows the impact of climate change Image: Liam Pozz for Unsplash

Dong Kwan Kim

Vice Chairman, Hanwha Group; CEO of Hanwha Solutions/Aerospace, Hanwha Group

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The second Hanwha Solar Forest pre-afforestation in Ningxia, China, 2013 Image: Hanwha

The second Hanwha Solar Forest post-afforestation in Ningxia, China, 2017 Image: Hanwha

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