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Climate change made Canadian wildfires in N.W.T. and Ontario roughly twice as likely, analysis finds

August 6, 2026

A new rapid analysis has found that human-induced climate change has made wildfire in the Northwest Territories and Ontario about twice as likely to occur, and it warns that the world must step away from fossil fuels.



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