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Under President Jair Bolsonaro's administration, Amazon deforestation in Brazil increased by 60 percent.

For the 30 years prior to September 2026, global climate progress has been measured in tons of greenhouse gas mitigation.

The accounting method for greenhouse gas mitigation has historically treated one ton of any greenhouse gas as equivalent to another, regardless of its source or when it was avoided.

Increased global warming raises the risk of climate system failures, including the irreversible retreat of the West Antarctic ice sheet, a slowdown in Atlantic circulation, and the Amazon shifting from a rainforest to a drier state.

Methane, the largest super pollutant, is responsible for approximately 0.5 degrees Celsius of existing global warming and dissipates from the atmosphere within about a decade.

The nonprofit Project Drawdown classifies solutions like reducing super pollutants and stopping deforestation as 'emergency brakes' because they are fast-acting, use existing technology, and do not require slow infrastructure changes.

Rick Duke is a former deputy to the special presidential envoy for climate, president of Gigaton Strategies, and a visiting professor at the University of Maryland Center for Global Sustainability.

Scientists have concluded that 1.5 degrees of sustained warming brings severe consequences, and the risk of irreversible damage rises sharply above that threshold.

In the 2015 Paris Agreement, nations agreed to strive toward a goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Lowering global temperatures will require large-scale carbon dioxide removal through reforestation and new, emerging technologies.

According to the authors of a September 2026 Foreign Policy article, the best plausible outcome for global warming is a peak near 1.8 degrees Celsius.

Nigel Purvis is the CEO of Climate Advisers, a former senior U.S. climate negotiator, and a professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

As of September 2026, a man named Ahmed was running a food stand on Syria's M5 highway to help support his 18-member family.

On September 15, 2026, there were burn marks on the M5 highway in Syria following a protest in Maarrat al-Numan.

As of late September 2026, protests over fuel prices in Syria had spread to the northeastern provinces of Raqqa and Hasakah.

The Syrian cities of Khan Sheikhun, al-Maarra (Maarrat al-Numan), and Saraqib are located on the M5 highway.

A person identified as Feve advised that the Syrian government should not lift all subsidies at once, but rather phase them out over several years with a long-term plan.

Benjamin Feve of Karam Shaar Advisory stated that the Syrian government has a policy to lift subsidies on energy products.

Mohammed Khishan, a taxi driver in Maarrat al-Numan, stated in mid-September 2026 that he had only two trips that day, compared to his usual 10 to 15, due to the fuel price protests.

Mahmoud Albish, a minivan driver in Syria, stated that prior to the September 2026 price hike, he was paying about $60 per day for diesel.