For the first time since the beginning of the Industrial Age, the planet is becoming greener. This is thanks to reforestation in Russia and China, but also in the West (thanks to the abandonment of rural mountain villages in Europe, and the massive reduction in cultivated land in the United States, albeit with increased production thanks to a much higher yield per hectare). Savannah is also increasing in size in Africa and Australia. The Amazon rainforest, on the other hand, is shrinking due to human exploitation, but the global increase in vegetation capable of absorbing carbon dioxide is significantly increasing, although far from sufficient to absorb all the CO2 emitted into the atmosphere by human activities.
