Reading Guide 2 (Billionaire Moguls and a Trillion Trees)

Question 1

What are recent examples of people and initiatives that support planting trees as a solution to climate change?

Answer 1

kevin mccarthy, trump, and Biden wanted to invest planting a trillion trees
Jad Daley is the chief executive of American Forests who called out Bill gates for his remark on trees

Question 2

Summarize the different views on this issue represented by the philanthropists Marc Benioff and Bill Gates.

Answer 2

want to protect biodiversity and tackle problems that humans are causing instead of just planting trees
believe just planting trees won’t solve the problem of climate change
distracting from the biggest challenge of climate change: How to dramatically reduce the amount of planet-warming emissions produced by the burning of fossil fuels.