Copenhagen has approved funding for more than 23,000 new trees to be planted next year, as part of its quest to become the world's first carbon neutral capital city.
The city council has earmarked 3.7 million kroner ($560,000; £360,000) of its 2016 budget to the project, the Copenhagen Post reports. Its long-term goal is to plant 100,000 new trees in the Danish capital over the next decade, partly to improve air quality as the population increases. "Every year 10,000 new people move to Copenhagen and that puts pressure on the green areas," Tommy Petersen of the Liberal Party tells the Metroxpress paper, adding that he believes it's money well spent.