The Jasper Wildfire & How Climate Change Made High Temperatures at Least Twice as Likely

The Environment in Canada Podcast Episode 32 on the Jasper Wildfire and Climate Change…

Taylor talks with Kaitlyn Trudeau about her recent research on how climate change made high temperatures at least twice as likely before the Jasper wildfire and how without the impacts of human-caused climate change the fire wouldn’t have been as severe as it was. They go over why there’s no substitute for dramatically reducing carbon emissions and how we can now tie specific events directly to climate change. They also discuss how a prescribed burn in New Mexico turned into one of the largest wildfires in state history because of unseasonal weather made more likely by climate change and what this means for dealing with fires at the local level.

For the Q&A section we answer your question: Is arson a major factor for wildfires in Canada? The answer is no, it is not a major factor. We discuss the myths around arson and chemtrails, and how climate disinformation distracts from addressing the genuine issues of climate change and environmental degradation.

Thirteen Canadian oil and gas companies, including five of the six that make up the Pathways Alliance oil sands lobby group, are on the list of 88 big carbon polluters called out for a major share of the forested lands lost to wildfires in North America between 1986 and 2021.

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