| Summary: | This text provides an outline of the political, historical and environmental background to the 2019-2020 fire season in Australia. On the political side, the emphasis is on the overall trends that mark the environmental agenda of different prime ministers over a 25-year period, starting in 1996, especially in relation to control of greenhouse gas emissions. Regarding the environment, the contours of the main climatic phenomena that affect the Australian geography are laid out, including a very brief summation of the human-environmental relationships that have sculpted that geography since ancient times. Subsequently, a brief recounting is made of the fires, their consequences, and their costs.
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