Satellite records show the Earth has become a greener planet over the last four decades, with CO₂ fertilisation as the primary driver. NASA’s own 2016 analysis (and follow-ups) put global greening it at 25–50% of vegetated land, showing significant leaf-area increase; 70% of that is tied to rising CO₂. On 2020, NASA set a modern satellite-era record for greenness. Even dry desert margins and drylands (like the Sahel, south of the Sarara Desert) have greened in places. Many major staple crops have also shown far larger gains since 1960: wheat yields have risen roughly 225%, maize 196% and rice 146%. Total cereal production is up 280% since 1961 while land use grew far less (Our World in Data). CO₂ fertilisation is a contributor, but the Green Revolution (varieties, fertiliser, irrigation and mechanisation) did much of the heavy lifting. Commercial greenhouse operators enrich CO₂ to 1,000 to 1,500 ppm, but the optimum sweet spot for is 550 ppm. Typical yield increase are 20–40% for many crops; and tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce can hit the higher end of that range. Every 100 ppm boosts growth by 13–16% (from covariance and meta-analyses). Much of the Earth's land area is inaccessible for agriculture, so a warming climate could open up these regions. Permanent ice and snow cover 10%, tundra a few percent and the Taiga/Boreal forest around 11–17%. Combined, this represents 25–35% of all the world's land area. Another measurable benefit from higher crop yield is a sharp decline in famine deaths. These have fallen dramatically in both absolute and per-capita terms since the mid-20th century, even as world population more than doubled. Food production per person has risen, a genuine success (Our World in Data). A large and lucrative economic industry has grown around the climate crisis agenda. Quality and additionality problems in carbon credits are also well-documented. Carbon markets operate as a pure wealth-transfer and compliance mechanism, instead of a precision climate tool. There are many examples of credits that have been low-quality or non-additional. Climate crisis alarmist, Al Gore, established his Generation Investment Management company, which invests heavily in climate-finance and 'natural climate solutions'. He has advocated carbon pricing and markets for years, earning hundreds of millions of dollars. The planet is greener, plants like the extra CO₂ and produce yields have risen sharply, largely because of that extra CO₂. The greening phenomenon has been well known since at least 2016, yet it is treated as an inconvenient footnote rather than a central fact.