{"id":164462,"date":"2025-06-20T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T05:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=164462"},"modified":"2025-06-13T14:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:18:54","slug":"new-oxford-university-backed-report-finds-tree-planting-in-kenya-outperforms-high-tech-carbon-capture-solutions-by-factor-of-100-on-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/new-oxford-university-backed-report-finds-tree-planting-in-kenya-outperforms-high-tech-carbon-capture-solutions-by-factor-of-100-on-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"New Oxford university-backed report finds tree planting in Kenya outperforms high-tech carbon capture solutions by factor of 100 on cost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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7\u20139 billion tonnes of CO2 must be sustainably removed per year to hit climate targets\u00a0
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A new Oxford University-backed analysis comparing carbon drawdown technologies has concluded that planting trees in Kenya offers the most cost-effective and rapidly deployable solution to the climate crisis, dramatically outperforming expensive technological alternatives across every metric.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Comprehensive Guide to Carbon Drawdown Technologies<\/a>\u201d, produced by UK charity Word Forest<\/a> in collaboration with University of Oxford researchers, examines 12 different carbon removal methods using a comprehensive traffic light rating system to evaluate each technology across three critical metrics: cost of implementation, complexity of deployment, and carbon absorption capacity. The report\u2019s findings include the following cost comparison:<\/p>\n\n\n\n