"Brazil is on fire, and both crime and climate change are to blame"

#Brazil #Wildfires #Climate #ClimateChange

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/brazil-fires-climate-crime-1.7307415

Canadian wildfires last year
released more greenhouse gases than most countries.
At 647 megatonnes, the carbon released in the 2023 wildfires exceeded those of seven of the 10 largest national emitters in 2022, including Germany, Japan and Russia.

#Wildfires #Canada #ClimateEmergency #Environment

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/29/canada-wildfires-carbon-emissions

Canada’s 2023 wildfires released more greenhouse gases than most countries

Had fires been ranked alongside countries they would have been world’s fourth-largest emitter, study finds

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}