One of the worst eco-disasters on the planet is currently unfolding in Indonesia. Over the past two months, thousands of forest and peatland fires have been raging out of control, covering the entire region in thick, toxic haze and smoke.
The fires have been a public health nightmare, forcing widespread evacuations, killing at least 19, and triggering respiratory illnesses in more than half a million people.
The crisis has also been terrible for climate change. So far this year, Indonesia’s fires have released more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than all the fossil fuels burned annually in Germany. On at least 38 days in September and October, Indonesia’s fires were releasing more daily CO2 than the entire United States economy.
Fires in Indonesia are nothing new. They break out every year in the dry season that runs from July to October. But this season is on track to be one of the worst ever recorded, with nearly 120,000 active fires detected already.
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