OTTAWA: Record wildfires in 2023 bumped Canada into the top four greenhouse gas-emitting countries in the world that year, according to a study on Wednesday (Aug 28) that also cast doubt on its forests' future ability to capture and store significant amounts of carbon dioxide.
Flames reach upwards along the edge of a wildfire as seen from a Canadian Forces helicopter surveying the area near Mistissini, Quebec, Canada on Jun 12, 2023. OTTAWA: Record wildfires in 2023 bumped Canada into the top four greenhouse gas-emitting countries in the world that year, according to a study on Wednesday that also cast doubt on its forests' future ability to capture and store significant amounts of carbon dioxide .
The researchers warn that the hot, dry weather responsible for those blazes is forecast to become the norm by the 2050s, and is"likely to drive an increase in fire activity". Ottawa has agreed under the Paris agreement to reduce carbon emissions by 40 to 45 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030.
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