You can convert the rate of carbon into carbon dioxide equivalent by multiplying the figure by 3.67. In 2021, the territory emitted 1.287 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. The carbon dioxide equivalent emitted by wildfires this year (356.32 megatonnes) is 277 times more than what was emitted by humans in 2021 (1.287 megatonnes). (It has, however, if you compare it to Natural Resources Canada data which says fires that year emitted roughly 94.5 megatonnes of carbon in 2014). Québec is one of the areas of Canada that’s least affected by climate change, he explained, yet climate change still played a very big role in the fires there.

Source: CBC News August 28, 2023 17:58 UTC