00:00The planet is on fire, literally.
00:02New data reveals forest fires are now burning twice as much tree cover each year as they did 20 years ago.
00:08And 2024? It shattered every record.
00:11More than 13.5 million hectares of forest were lost, an area the size of Greece.
00:17That's 13% more than in 2023, which was the previous worst year.
00:22From Brazil to Canada, fires tore through both tropical and boreal forests.
00:26In South America alone, fires caused a quarter of all global tree loss.
00:31And in Russia, three of the worst fire seasons ever happened in just the last five years.
00:36But it's not just about trees.
00:38These fires are destroying homes, polluting water, and killing over 1.5 million people every year from smoke.
00:44Climate change is fueling this crisis.
00:47Hotter temperatures dry out forests.
00:49Fires burn bigger, release more carbon.
00:52And that carbon warms the planet even more.
00:54It's a vicious cycle, a fire-climate feedback loop.
00:58If we don't act now, the lungs of our planet, from the Amazon to Siberia,
01:02may turn from carbon sinks into carbon bombs.
01:05This is no longer a warning.
01:07It's our reality.
01:07It's our reality.
01:16It's our reality.
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