Many of England’s biggest landowners are not doing enough to plant trees to tackle the climate crisis, according to new data. Government departments, companies such as United Utilities and Network Rail, the royal family and organisations such as the Church of England and the National Trust are among the biggest owners of land in the country, but most have forest cover on their land that is only slightly above the national average, despite having pledged to reduce their carbon footprint. Tree cover makes up about 10% of England’s overall land area, but out of the top 10 landowners, only the Forestry Commission had a substantially greater forested area than this average.