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"A university in the United Kingdom has published a first-of-its-kind study on the release of #CarbonEmissions from #wildfires. The study found that wildfires last year caused 8.6 billion tons of CO2 emissions – 16 percent above average. "

https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20240814-wildfires-in-2023-caused-massive-co2-emissions-compounding-climate-change

That's 23% of reported worldwide carbon emissions of 37.4 billion tonnes
(but wildfire emissions are not reported in countries' emissions tallies).