Global burned area in 2026 is at record lows, with North America, Africa and South America all burning less than any year from 2012 to 2025 — yet the media keeps pushing a fire apocalypse narrative. Government-funded climate reports ignore poor forest management as the real culprit behind disasters like Jasper, and lightning trends show zero upward movement tied to warming. Better forest management beats climate policy every time.

Climate policy has created a self-reinforcing cycle: governments neglect practical wildfire prevention in favor of emissions agendas, then use each devastating fire to demand even more climate regulation. Forests become choked with deadfall, brush and dense undergrowth, making fires harder to control while the policies that helped create those conditions are expanded. It's time to abandon failed climate policies that are actually exacerbating the problem.