Author: Maya Okafor

Corporate sustainability pledges get more scrutiny from Maya than most, and she's built a reputation for checking them against actual emissions data rather than press materials. She studied environmental science before moving into journalism, a background that shows in how carefully she sources climate claims. Her reporting spans carbon markets, deforestation supply chains, and the slow grind of corporate net-zero targets. She spends most weekends volunteering with a local river cleanup group.

Indonesia Wildfire Emissions Hit World’s Highest Level as El Niño Fuels Severe Fire Season

Environment

JAKARTA [Ground Report]: Indonesia is experiencing a sharp rise in wildfire emissions as dry conditions fuel fires across forest and peatland areas of Borneo and Sumatra, pushing the country’s carbon dioxide emissions from fires to the highest level globally, according to monitoring data released Wednesday. Between September 1 and September 7, Indonesian wildfires released an estimated 19.7 million metric tons of emissions, accounting for more than one-third of the global total and surpassing Russia’s emissions for the same period, data from the European Union’s Copernicus climate monitoring system showed. Indonesia regularly faces extensive fires during the dry season, but the…

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