Use wood energy

Burning fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil releases their stored carbon into the air as carbon dioxide. These resources took millions of years to create, but we are burning them up within a few centuries – and at a far faster rate than the global carbon cycle can cope with.

Trees planted for woodfuel can provide a never-ending supply of wood – as long as trees are replanted as they are felled, the whole process is renewable.

The carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by burning wood will be locked up again and stored by the new trees grown for the next crop. The only increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide would come from transport and processing. It is among the most climate-friendly forms of power available to us.