Why is there a mountain fire in Australia?

Mountain fires in Australia are caused by high temperatures. Forest fires have been going on for months. By the beginning of 65438+ 10 in 2020, in this catastrophe, the mountain fire in Australia has spread 100000 hectares, causing 28 deaths. In New South Wales, Australia, 500 million animals, including 20,000 koalas, died in this fire, and the total number of animals killed in this mountain fire in Australia has exceeded 65.438 billion, and many species are on the verge of extinction.

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1. In recent years, extreme natural disasters have occurred frequently in Australia: in 20 18 years, there was a once-in-a-century drought; In 20 19, "disaster-level" mountain fires ravaged the eastern and southern mountainous areas. In 20 19, the extreme high temperature weather aggravated the spread of mountain fires, and the temperature in big cities such as Sydney and Melbourne once exceeded 45℃. For some time, the Australian government's climate policy has been wavering several times.

The Australian government was the only industrialized country except the United States that refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol. It was not until 2007 that Australia signed the Kyoto Protocol, ratified the Paris Agreement in 20 16, and set new emission reduction targets.

3. At present, Australia's climate policy is facing new challenges. After the incumbent Prime Minister Morrison took office, fossil energy interest groups continued to strengthen their lobbying efforts, and Australia's climate policy began to turn. Although it has not announced its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, it has abandoned the legislative work conducive to emission reduction, such as Australia's emission reduction targets and the national energy security plan, and vigorously supported and promoted the development, production and export of coal and oil and gas. Carbon emissions in Australia have been rising continuously in recent years, and the trend is accelerating.