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Wildfires fueled by climate change worsened global air pollution in 2024, causing PM2.5 spikes and prompting WMO calls for urgent cross-border action.

Canada’s 2025 wildfires have already burned over 5.5 million hectares, marking one of the worst wildfire seasons since 2023 amid climate change concerns.

The World Meteorological Organization confirms 2024 is the warmest year on record, citing rising greenhouse gases and extreme weather events driven by human activities.

Fires in Brazil have destroyed 22.38 million hectares of forests between January and September, with the Amazon rainforest being the most affected biome, according to a report by MapBiomas.

In the heart of Brazil’s Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland in the world, a grave environmental crisis is unfolding. Recent…