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This is one of the downfalls of “nature based” projects for carbon sequestration. As the climate changes a lot of areas become drier and or fire prone, so wetlands dry up releasing carbon dioxide as they do so, and woodlands and forests catch fire, with the same but more obvious results.
There is yet no sure way of locking up carbon, the only real solution appears to be a rapid transition away from burning fossil fuels, and of course we’re simply not going to be able to do that.
Even if we stopped right now the legacy of all the carbon already released will affect us for many years.
Despite all the climate related disasters we’re currently witnessing that appear to be attributed to climate change, we aren’t at 1.5 degrees above pre industrial levels. We’re heading for 3 degrees according to the consensus among the scientific community looking at such things.
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Will our planned cuts in emissions be wiped out by the growing Co2 from wildfires? How do the numbers compare? (1100 wildfires currently in Canada).