Climate change made Ontario, N.W.T. fire conditions roughly twice as likely: report

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris YoungTalking Points A new report reveals that human-induced climate change has made the conditions for intense wildfires in Ontario and Northwest Territories approximately twice as likely. Chief Russell Wesley of Cat Lake First Nation called for a First Nations wildfire authority and greater inclusion of Indigenous fire stewardship practices. The conditions underlying intense July wildfires in Ontario and Northwest Territories were made roughly twice as likely due to human-induced climate change, said a new report published Thursday. AdvertisementIn a world without human-caused climate change, the report suggests those conditions would have been much rarer, or less than once in 40 years. For both periods in Ontario, those conditions were made about twice as likely due to climate change, the report found.