“we’re getting more forest fires that burn hotter and a lot more damage to our forests,” said beatty, who hails from deschambault lake in northern saskatchewan.
“t
he huge forest fires we’ve seen across canada and the (carbon dioxide) that has been emitted into the air (from them), it’s probably triple what you would get from the industrial part of co2 emissions.”
at cop28, greenpeace is demanding the canadian government commit to a full, fast and fair fossil fuel phaseout and introduce a climate damage tax on the canadian fossil fuel industry to supply the un loss and damage fund to ensure communities most affected by the climate crisis receive essential aid.
“the record wildfires of this past summer in canada gave us a grim experience of the devastation that so many others in the world are already facing. all this while the fossil fuel industry is cashing in record profit at everyone’s expense,” said salome sane, climate campaigner with greenpeace canada, in a press release.
in order to meet the 1.5 c warming limit in the 2015 paris agreement, greenpeace says cop28 must reach a steadfast commitment to a fair and rapid phaseout of all fossil fuels.
“it’s time for the canadian government to stop enabling the fossil fuel industry to generate vast wealth, and make them pay to address the loss and damage their products cause,” salome said.
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