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<p>The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, responds to
advice from the Committee on Climate Change and sets out how we will continue to decarbonise
the UK to meet our climate mitigation obligations. The Strategy confirmed the important
role of tree planting in contributing to carbon budget commitments, particularly in
later carbon budget periods.</p><p> </p><p>The Committee on Climate Change emphasised
the importance of tree planting in its independent assessment of the Strategy, published
in January this year and in their annual progress report, published on 28 June 2018.
We are developing a long-term trajectory for woodland planting to contribute to 5-year
carbon budgets and deliver the 2060 aspiration to increase woodland cover in England
to 12%.</p>
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